Opinion
Toward participatory democracy
Capitalist ideology has a mighty grip on the consciousness of contemporary Americans. It is sometimes said that people in the United States can more...
Letters 5/13/21
Polis must sign SB 21-200
Gov. Polis ran and won on a platform of 100% renewables and strong climate action. However, his recent threat to...
Democrats become the progressive family values party
"Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women.” — sociologist Jessica Calarco
Many Republicans went full-tilt culture war when Joe Biden introduced his...
Fear and the depleted Colorado River
Some Colorado River tribulations today remind me of a folk story: A young man went to visit his fiancée and found the family trembling...
Asylum seekers need compassion, not surveillance
When President Biden released his budget on April 9, a little-known part of it hit very close to home for me. I recently accompanied...
Letters 4/29/21
Waldorf Finance
In my career I served as a national, institutional-level commercial real estate appraiser, and earlier as a staff economist for an $18 billion...
COVID carnage in India
Over the last 10 days, witnessing the bleak and horrific toll that COVID has taken across India, and all territories that India illegally occupies,...
GOP plutocrats’ phony culture war against big business
The marriage between the Republican Party and big business is shattering, according to many breathless news stories. “My advice to the corporate CEOs of...
It’s time wealth paid its fair share
Since 1980, the U.S. economy has increasingly divided Americans along class lines to a degree now rivaling the Gilded Age. Economic elites have gained...
PERA should divest from fossil fuels for the climate as well...
Colorado legislators and Colorado’s state pension fund — Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) — should be paying close attention to the fact that a...
Letters: Earth Day, Not Normal, Divest
Standing
A breeze strokes the pine limbs, creating a windborne symphony. We encircle one tree, joining hands. This tree might have greeted the first peoples...
We need to talk about the new normal
There is a thirst in the community to talk about the pandemic and discuss how it has changed our lives. A few of us...
