Opinion
Random thoughts on the Democrats’ thrillas in Vegas and Charleston
The most entertaining moment in the Democrats’ South Carolina debate came when Elizabeth Warren affixed a needle-point bayonet to her musket and with a...
The drug war turns 40
I was just kicking back with my second piece of Alice B. Toklas fudge when there was a knock on the door. It was Richard Nixon...
Gaza: The usual suspects and the usual lies
Whenever Hamas’s excitable boys in Gaza pick a fight with Israel — as they did in 2008, 2014 and this spring — it plays...
Letters: 2/14/19
In support of Eldo-to-Walker
trail connection
We are writing in support of a multi-use trail connecting Eldorado State Park to Walker Ranch. We are the coaches...
Schumer, Manchin and a green future
Recently, UN Secretary General António Guterres warned that fossil-fuel driven climate chaos is ravaging the planet. He said, “We have a choice. Collective action...
Letters: 12/5/19
Population doesn’t drive poverty
Gary Swing wrote, “More people means more widespread poverty” (Re: Letters, Nov. 21, 2019), which seems intuitively obvious — but it’s...
Climate delayers are climate deniers
Are you feeling a little more than pissed that so much said and written about climate change is about the problem but not the...
The house always wins
Colorado’s 74th General Assembly was one the most contentious sessions in recent history. In the midst of debates on local zoning policies and tax...
Letters 1/21: On reproductive justice
Reproductive justice in 2021
Colorado voters decisively shot down a proposed abortion ban (Prop. 115) in the 2020 election, demonstrating continued support for legal access...
Letters: 2/7/19
On the Buzzfeed Trump story
As much as one hates to venture into conspiracy speculation, the evidence of clandestine happenings in media and politics is...
Why Xcel’s system can’t work for Boulder
As we’ve been out talking with voters, we’ve been impressed by the quality of questions they are asking. Boulder is lucky to have such...
Letters, Sept. 23, 2022
Vote for Janice Marchman in Colorado Senate District 15
Representation is on the ballot this midterm election cycle given the new redistricting maps. In fact,...
