Opinion
Letters: 1/19/17
Be there or be square
In this post-truth world, it is important to remember the wisdom expressed by novelist Alan Garganus when he wrote, “The...
What would a real president do?
Instead of the rule of law, the Trumpistas prefer to rule by fear.
Take immigration. “An invasion,” screeches The Donald, “a national emergency!” “The caravan...
Capitalism’s fascist temptation
In 1928, U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon pushed the Federal Reserve Board to aggressively hike interest rates to control inflation and credit-fueled stock market...
Should churches become unholy temples of dark money?
You know what’s wrong with American politics? It’s that there just aren’t enough ways for giant corporations and mega-rich political donors to funnel their...
Nine ways to run a computer
A couple of weeks ago, the Weekly printed a letter from Jim Bryant taking me to task for dissing the decision by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) to locate its new $500 million supercomputer in Cheyenne, Wyo. — where it can get cheap, coalgenerated...
Opportunity zones: Who benefits?
The 2017 tax bill provides for the creation of “Opportunity Zones” (OZs) — economically distressed communities where as a result of investment in said...
Letters | Dyer was right on
While making fun of Joel Dyer’s piece on fracking (“Can you hear us now?” DyerTimes, Dec. 6), Charlie Danaher offered zero data to refute Dyer’s predictions or rhetoric. I’m inclined to go with Dyer’s carefully researched points and dismiss Danaher’s dismissal...
Nixon explains why Bernie will clean Bloomberg’s clock
Me and the Idea Fairy had almost finished airing out the house when there was a knock on the door. It was Richard Nixon,...
Co-ops collapsing
Recently, some 500,000 people around the country suddenly lost their health insurance as 10 of 23 nonprofit health care cooperatives collapsed. Some 80,000 Coloradans were left in the lurch when Colorado HealthOP collapsed. Nearly 40 percent of the people who ...
