Opinion
Letters: 4/12/18
A humble suggestion
On April 5, I, and I’m sure many of you, watched the Boulder City Council host a public comment meeting in regards...
Rachel Carson and Rocky Flats
In 2018, The Library of America published Rachel Carson: Silent Spring and Other Writings on the Environment. Carson is famous for bringing to the...
Banning corporate personhood would destroy U.S. economy
About the anti-corporate personhood referendum that might be on the Boulder ballot this November — I smell a rat. Several, in fact...
The race question
The U.S. Supreme Court last month agreed to expedited consideration of a case challenging the constitutionality of adding a citizenship question — Are you...
About those primary endorsements
I don’t think I’ve ever had so many people ask me if Boulder Weekly is going to endorse in the primaries as I have this...
Hardhats, hippies and hawks
According to a widespread urban legend, the Vietnam anti-war movement was mostly composed of privileged college kids and the war was most enthusiastically supported by blue collar workers. That’s the story perpetuated in countless TV shows, movies, press reports and ...
Should we entrust our school children to corporate profiteers?
Betsy DeVos and her hubby, Dick, are lucky enough to have inherited a big chunk of the multibillion-dollar fortune that Daddy DeVos amassed through...
Letters: 12/22/16
An open letter to Boulder City Council, especially Matt Applebaum
I recently shared a video of a homeless woman at a Capitol rally with...
Copenhagen does nothing to stall global warming
WASHINGTON — A new global warming treaty would be all...
Castro’s Cuba: The good and the bad
When Fidel Castro died, conservatives told us that he was a uniquely horrible dictator. These are the same people who have defended U.S. support...
America’s war
America’s political history has been written in the fierce narrative of war. Not our country’s many military clashes with foreign nations — but our...
