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: 2/8/18
Why stop the optimism?
This is a response to the “Happy anniversary, time for an optimism break” item introducing the refreshing articles celebrating local people...
Market forces for products, not people
There is a lot of discussion about teacher pay in the United States, and Colorado is no exception. What gets less attention is the...
Letters 12/17: PERA, Electoral College, and more
PERA should divest from oil and gas
Pension funds are meant to be invested in stable companies on behalf of employees, as a guarantee for...
Letters 1/14: Coal plants, elections and more
Demand early coal plant retirement
In November, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) ruled that several coal and gas plants must be retired no...
Students demand action
On March 21, CU-Boulder Students Demand Action (CU-SDA) held our first public meeting, hosting 85 members of the CU-Boulder and greater BVSD community in...
Letters: 3/21/19
On the new NAFTA
The revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will soon come up for a Congressional vote to approve or disapprove. The...
Letters 11/19: More stimulus, Big Tech, and more
Stimulus needed
Human rights efforts by Boulder are to be commended, especially with a current focus on affordable housing (Re: “Shifting the focus of human...
Heartless no more
These are the words I wrote in November 2018 when I asked for your help to save the life of Victor, an undocumented immigrant...
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”...
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...
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...
