Opinion
The muni’s time has passed
Sometimes conflicts go on for so long that people forget how they started.
Take the fight over whether Boulder should ditch Xcel energy as its...
Romney takes the gold in 2002 Olympics
One of the curiosities of life in these curious times is that millions of Americans are enjoying the benefits of government — but are either unaware of it or in denial...
A political party really worth joining
The best political party in America is not the Dems or the Repubs, but a real party named “Fighting Bob Fest.”
It’s a daylong, outdoor...
Letters: 8/1/19
U.S. military can refuse Trump’s orders to war
On August 22, Donald Trump, the president of the United States and commander in chief of the...
Charlottesville violence
The motivating animus behind the ugly display of violence in Charlottesville was plain. It was an assertion of white supremacy and a claim that...
The bigger picture of rent control
A recent letter to the editor about my column (see The unrepentant tenant, “Rent control: Why or why not?” March 24, 2022) raised some points...
Letters 12/12
Google-eyed
Biodynamically, as monoliths in the outbacks of Boulder, IBM can be likened to a hidden and somewhat forgotten prairie dog town, NCAR an eagle-eyed...
And now for the oil industry lies
As hopefully everyone has heard by now, proponents of Initiative 97, the 2,500-foot oil and gas setback initiative, turned in 171,000 signatures to the...
Letters: 7/25/19
In response to letter on robocalls
Dick Dunn’s letter (Re: “Fixing Robocalls would require thought,” July 11, 2019), in response to Paul Danish’s essay on...
Snuggling with an oil pipeline
Both the old and new media agree on this: If you need a story that’s guaranteed to be popular — go with animals. Kute kittens, for example, or the P-group of puppies, porpoises, penguins and polar bears...
The ‘energy gap’ nobody wants to tussle with
Many Western states have declared they will achieve all-renewable electrical goals in just two decades. Call me naïve, but haven’t energy experts predicted that...
The folly of compulsory national service
The New York Times columnist David Brooks wants to bring back the draft. Or at least some form of compulsory universal national service. He thinks it will bring Americans back together again...
