Opinion
Sorry, we created a world dumb enough for Trump
Hurricane Trump presents us with a peculiar sort of national emergency. Every day, the Bullshitter-in-Chief deploys a blizzard of lies, half-truths, conspiracy theories and...
It’s time to vaccinate the world
President Joe Biden’s commitment to donate 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses (sufficient to fully vaccinate 250 million people) was great news but, with billions...
Trump to working class: Adios, chumps
We have a president who mistakes price for value. Thus, to measure America’s economic health, he simply checks the price of corporate stocks. And...
Tax Dodgers Incorporated
Fats Domino sings: “I found my thrill, on Blueberry Hill.” Maybe, but America’s richest corporate powers know precisely where to find their thrill: On...
Letters 10/22: On judges and a popular vote
The most votes should win
When I vote for one of the senator candidates this fall, I know whoever gets the most votes will definitely...
Beyond the brink
This was a bad week for our country. Like so many other times in the last couple of years, racism boiled to the top...
Cory Gardner’s economy doesn’t serve Colorado
During these unprecedented times, Colorado needs leaders who can faithfully represent the interests of working and middle-class residents who have been ravaged by the...
Our kids deserve art and music
Fostering music programs in schools has always been difficult. Imagine being a middle school orchestra teacher on the first day of school with 30-50...
Letters: 5/3/18
Diplomacy and war
According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the dangers of nuclear war are at their highest since 1953. Russia and the U.S.,...
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...
Behind the Polis Betrayal
So what went wrong with ballot measures 88 and 89? How could these popular citizen’s initiatives written to give local communities more control over drilling and fracking in their neighborhoods have failed to get on the ballot...
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...