Opinion
Letters 8/27/2020: Muni, unions and wolves
Stay the course on muni
The City of Boulder needs to get out of the PUC/Xcel system as soon as possible. Of course Boulder citizens...
Letters: 8/4/16
‘Treatment’ for emerald ash borer worse than the problem
I appreciate the Weekly’s overview of the emerald ash borer plague that will probably kill all...
The doublespeak of The Donald
Many in the mainstream media talk about how similar Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are. Supposedly they are both “anti-establishment” populist candidates who are...
Letters: 1/24/19
On forest shooting
I disagree with Matt Cortina on the premise of his article “On The Range” (Re: News, Jan. 17, 2019). This is how...
Starting at the grassroots
Many on the Left approach the coming year with trepidation but also some hope. The Democratic victories in November were encouraging and the election...
Just Economics: Conservator not hegemon
How can the United States achieve lasting greatness? I claim that the best way of gaining really durable eminence is by dismantling our pernicious...
Why take an ‘off-ramp’ to nowhere?
In recent months our community has focused on whether or not Boulder should keep its municipal electric option. Voters will decide the issue this...
Can’t America do better than today’s ripoff health care system?
Rather than a health care system, our country’s leaders have kept us shackled to a “corporate care” system, allowing insurance giants, drug company gougers,...
Letters: 9/5/19
Careless journalism
Dyer: You are an intelligible writer, and your article, “The perils of forgotten history” (Re: Buzz, Aug. 29, 2019) contained a good...
Why would you let Jeff Bezos inside your home?
Would you give your house key to a complete stranger, letting that person (whose name you don’t even know) walk right into your home...
Sullied bedfellows
Connecting dots is generally considered to be a child’s game. But when applied to politics and all of its bedfellows who usually come out...
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...
