Opinion
Kiss Off, Henry
When Henry Kissinger died at the age of 100 recently, leading politicians of both parties praised him effusively. Kissinger was national security adviser and...
What is worse than being poor?
One of the lucky things about being rich is that you automatically become handsome, your jokes are hilarious and politicians treat you with fawning...
Rent relief in St. Paul and the Polis betrayal
Two very different stories have big implications for renters.
Letters: 5/2/19
Little public support
The Jefferson Parkway is a proposed toll road to help complete the Denver Metropolitan beltway. This project will disrupt nearby communities and...
The long shadow of 1968
In 1968, the world turned upside down. There was political upheaval on all continents. Rebellions were almost entirely unplanned and unorganized. Popular historian Mark...
Trump’s racism will hit his supporters in their pocketbooks
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,...
The West badly needs a restoration economy
Farmington, a city of 45,000 in the northwestern corner of New Mexico, has run on a fossil fuel economy for a century. It is...
Can decency beat depravity?
Every 80 seconds, someone in America dies from COVID-19. Across the world, people are horrified by the American response to the pandemic. Beppe Severgnini,...
It’s time for Commissioners to show some backbone
On Tuesday, March 16, the Open Space Advisory Committee voted 5-3 to recommend that certain GMOs be allowed to continue growing on Boulder County’s...
Letters 10/15: On voting and endorsements
Current Commissioners on 2020 candidates
Serving the people of Boulder County for the last eight years has been the honor of a lifetime for both...
History has never mattered more
The Civil War still haunts us. In our bloodiest conflict, we were confronted with dilemmas, which persist in today’s world — the scourge of...
Closing the education gap
A recent article in the Daily Camera, the biannual Trends Report published by the Community Foundation of Boulder County, and the 2013 report by the...
