Opinion
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...
What Republicans have proposed isn’t health care
The battle over health care is literally a life and death struggle. In a piece in the Washington Post, doctors David Himmelstein and Steffie...
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...
Time to re-evaluate Saudi relationship
Mister Bone Saw. That’s what many people around the world are calling Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman (or MBS). Growing evidence from various...
Letters 4/21/22
Wrong Way
Encouraging use of E-85 is a wrong way to go. Even changing E-10 to E-15 is a poor idea. E-85 is 85% ethanol...
Letters: 11/22/18
Pardon your turkey
While President Trump is pardoning a turkey for Thanksgiving, every one of us can exercise that same presidential power by choosing a...
Letters: 1/23/20
Danish wrong on Iran
I found the article in the Jan. 15, 2020 by Paul Danish (Re: “Trump puts a horse head in the Ayatollah’s...
Letters: 1/30/2020
Nullification and sanctuaries
I’m surprised that Paul Danish, who writes Cannabis Corner, didn’t compare Colorado’s effective nullification of federal marijuana laws to immigration nullification or...
Sessions slams the door on immigrants desperate to escape domestic violence
Recently, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan sharply criticized the government for deporting two ACLU clients — a woman and her child who had fled...
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...
Getting to 1%
For those of us who’ve been here for a while, it’s easy to be nostalgic about an earlier time in Boulder. The early days...
Letters: 6/8/17
Financial info discloses fracking risks
The oil and gas industry lies to people living near their operations — people forced by state law into risking...