Opinion

First, they came for the ice cream

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H. L. Mencken, the great 20th century iconoclast, defined “Puritanism” as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy.” Boulder is chock-full of puritans...

Lesson after Amazon union defeat: Keep fighting

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The union defeat at a giant Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, was a big blow to the labor movement. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a surprise...

The ‘Soldier of Fortune’ memoirs

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By 1975, Robert K. Brown had 1) ridden the rodeo, 2) been a Golden Gloves boxer, 3) raised money for and tried to run guns to Fidel Castro’s guerrillas while they were still in the jungle, 4) broken with Castro after he came to power and joined multiple abortive ...

Interest on deposits and repairs for tenants

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Returning to the evolving tenant’s movement in Boulder, my last column promised to delve further into the battle to obtain interest on deposits, and...

Ballot Battle to Protect Communities from Fracking

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Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave, you’ve probably been exposed to a bombardment of oil and gas industry propaganda about Proposition 112. You...

Could the plague bring reform to Congress?

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The latest China Plague (at least the fourth to originate in the People’s Republic since 1957) has set off discussion in Congress as to...

Despairing Johnstown workers and the election

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Anxiety, dread, fear. Almost 70% of Americans said the presidential election is a substantial source of stress, according to the American Psychological Association’s Stress...

Letters 2/10/22

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Signed, sealed, delivered, your voice...

Letters: 11/1/18

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Yes on Prop 112 As more and more peer-reviewed studies are being reported (since 2013, more than 700), fracking is clearly and conclusively documented as...

Pinochet’s fascist shadow persists in US and Latin America

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In late August, a number of Democratic Latino U.S. Congress members, led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York), visited Brazil, Chile and Colombia. The three...

Who are the serial killers of America’s newspapers?

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In a recent two-panel cartoon, a character holds a sign saying: “First they came for the reporters.” In the next panel, his sign says:...

Trump’s racism will hit his supporters in their pocketbooks

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Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge.” —Ken Cuccinelli,...