Opinion
How bad public policy happens
If you inject a stream of raw ignorance into a vat of gaseous arrogance, then jolt the mixture with 1,000 megawatts of malevolence —...
Letters: 11/2/17
Let’s maintain our negotiating leverage with Xcel
I’m an entrepreneur and small business owner who lives in Boulder, and I’m a strong advocate for voting yes...
Letters: June 25, 2020
Harber for Regent
Have we ever had a candidate for CU Regent with the lifetime of community commitment Aaron Harber has demonstrated? Neither of his...
Letters: 10/24/19
America’s exploding population predicament
Yes, millions of refugees worldwide desperately want to immigrate to Europe, Canada and America. Yes, they face horrific challenges in their...
Letters 1/7: On affordable housing
More context needed on housing issue
In reading this week’s guest column in the Boulder Weekly (Re: “Welcoming more racial diversity through affordable housing,” Dec....
A national park fee increase: The $70 land grab
On Oct. 24, the National Park Service (NPS) announced a proposed entrance fee of $70 at 17 of its 59 national parks. Touted as...
Macron and les deplorables
French President Emmanuel Macron returned to Paris from the G20 Summit, where he reaffirmed France’s commitment to the Paris Climate Accord, to discover a...
Letters 9/24: On fracking and air quality, and more
The politics of hiding
The air quality in Longmont is poor primarily due to fracking. The American Lung Association has given the area an “F”...
Response: Trust in organic
At Aurora Organic Dairy, we care a great deal about organic agriculture, about the more than 650 dedicated men and women who call Aurora...
The path to a Bernie victory
Bernie Sanders can win. On Super Tuesday, Clinton won in “red” conservative states of the South, which Democrats will lose in the general election,...
How to increase Colorado’s water supply
President Barack Obama gave a speech last week in California, which is enduring the worst drought in its recorded history, and he called on the country to rethink how it deals with water...
It all began with pizza
In the mid-1960s, my dad served on the school board in Cortez, in rural southern Colorado. He recalled that at one meeting he said...
