Opinion
The shame of climate-change deniers
Shame is that queasy feeling you get when you realize you’ve done something improper, ridiculous... or just flat-out contemptible. But it’s socially invaluable, for...
The dogma of bigotry
In1610, Italian astronomer and inventor Galileo Galilei used a telescope to observe the heavens and concluded that the earth revolved around the sun.His assertion contradicted the established dogma of the Catholic Church, leading to no end of difficulty for the ...
Letters: June 1, 2023
RE: Rayback and The Well
The “Yes, homosexuality is a sin” statement was first published on The Well’s website shortly after it was recorded in...
Celebrating 50 years of reproductive freedom in Boulder County
It’s been more than a year since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, sending the issue of abortion back to the states and...
How to unsettle settled science (and settled scientists)
Talk about getting hoist with your own petard.
Australian climate scientists have succeeded in convincing the management of the country’s main research institution, The Commonwealth...
The devil is in the details
When he was on the campaign trail, Donald Trump denounced “free” trade agreements, promising something “much better” for working people than the North American...
Real news, fake news and BS news
How can journalism help people make sense of our turbulent world if it can’t make sense of itself?
In addition to “news” (which involves reporting...
Letters: 6/30/16
No more fracking in Colorado
Let’s outlaw fracking in Colorado...as long as somebody else still has some oil. Let’s get enough signatures and get the...
Failure to extend drilling moratorium sparks talk of recall election for...
If the emails crossing my screen these days are to be believed, then last week’s vote by the Boulder County commissioners to allow the county’s moratorium on oil and gas drilling to expire is shaping up to be the Lexington/Concord of the great fracking showdown...
#Traitors4Trump
The fake president in the White House is a traitor, a liar, a braggart and a tool.
Trump is violating the Constitution every chance he...
Cowboys for Liberty
What’s in a name? By definition, the name of a person, place or thing is its personal designation... a distinct way of being known...
Letters to the editor: Dec. 7, 2023
On criticism
It is not anti-Jew to criticize Israel for human rights violations.
It is not anti-Buddhist to criticize Myanmar for human rights violations.
It is not...