Opinion
Letters: 2/18/16
TPP is worse than we thought
At long last the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been released, and it is worse than anyone...
Big day in American history
April 19 is a big day in American history, maybe even the biggest. Doesn’t ring a bell, huh? Here’s a clue. It was a cool and misty morning...
Tax cut madness
It’s difficult to exaggerate the significance of what the Republicans are trying to do with their grotesque and brazen tax scam. They are determined...
A curse, a blessing, and a good food movement
In 1972, I was part of a nationwide campaign that came close to getting the U.S. Senate to reject Earl Butz, Richard Nixon’s choice for secretary of agriculture...
Uniting to fight Citizens United
boulderweekly.com/highroad The problem with being pious in politics is that piety has a way of backfiring — and causing people to snicker at you. Take Citizens United, for example. It’s a right-wing political outfit that hails itself as a righteous champion of ...
The Donald better start feeling the Bern
Here’s a curious little detail about this year’s presidential race that’s been hiding in plain sight in the polls since January and ignored by...
Get a whiff of ‘synthetic biology’
It’s always inspiring to see global corporate giants crush small farmers, stomp on nature, circumvent our laws by hook or crook, and deceive and gouge consumers...
Who says America doesn’t need unions?
In their ongoing, all-out assault to crush labor unions, corporate forces have fabricated a cultural myth to undermine popular support for labor: Unions, they...
If not now, then when?
John F. Kennedy once said, “Today our concern must be with the future. For the world is changing. The old era is ending. The...
Wrecking homeowners’ American Dream
At the recent World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg told the uber-rich that they should abandon their fossil fuel...
