Opinion

Pot legalization day in Colorado more orderly than Black Friday

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On Nov. 9, 1989, BW marijuana columnist Leland Rucker and I kicked back on his couch, cracked a couple of Buds, fired up a spliff, and waited for the Berlin Wall to come down...

Socialists in the Senate!

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Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, known as the “White Maned Pontificator,” has recently been spewing a fountain of free-market dogma in the debate over health care reform...

Letters | Danish off on Tea Party

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Danish off on Tea Party...

A gentleman’s C for the pot task force

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I’ve been reading the recommendations of the Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force. They mostly remind me of Mark Twain’s description of Wagner’s music: “It’s better than it sounds.” But just barely...

Letters | Marijuana growers should pay more for electricity

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(“Where the grass isn’t greener,” Boulderganic, March 28.) These high-use customers drive the need for increased supply, which all customers have to pay for. A gas electric plant costs in the neighborhood of $80 million. Should we all have to pay increased rates, or ...

Colorado is conflicted about cutting its water use

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In Colorado, farmers were required to enroll in a four-state program by March 1 if they want to get paid for fallowing their fields,...

Supreme Court gives McCain-Feingold a thumpin’

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The Wall Street Journal’s story about last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the ban on corporate and union campaign spending in federal elections contained a detail that the New York Times story managed to overlook...

Letters: 8/25/16

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‘Longest Hate’ superficial I was very glad to see you address the issue of anti-Semitism in your August 4, 2016 article entitled “The Longest Hate.”...

LETTERS | week of March 27

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Local Control Colorado responds to ballot measures...

Letters: 11/29/18

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Correction: The  Nov. 15 News story, “A return to legacy,” misstated the estimated lode of Bates Hunter Mine. It’s estimated worth is $2 billion....

Soldier of Fortune’s 35th anniversary

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Soldier of Fortune Magazine, liberal Boulder’s favorite mad aunt in the attic, will put out its 35th anniversary issue next month. So in honor of the occasion I thought I’d share some SOF stories...

The Queen and Australia’s 1975 rightwing coup

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The wall-to-wall coverage of Queen Elizabeth’s death was a brightly colored spectacle, but it was a bit North Korean.  It is curious that the U.S....