Opinion
Who wants a big, cool rocket?
A couple of days after Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully flew its Falcon Heavy rocket last week, a USA Today headline asked: “SpaceX Falcon Heavy —...
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre
A few days after Nikolas Cruz allegedly perpetrated Valentine’s Day Massacre version 2.0 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, Florida, it emerged...
Letters 6/9/22
Has Xcel captured the PUC?
Is the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) about to serve Xcel our wallets on a silver platter?
The proposed settlement of...
Donald Drumpf is deranged
This year’s freakish presidential election has now devolved into an ethnic brouhaha between two foreigners: A Mexican and a German.
The “Mexican”...
Letters: July 2, 2020
Thin blue line flag divides us
The time has arrived to call out display of the thin blue line flag. I see one every day....
Don’t forget about NAFTA
By now it’s well understood that Trump will do anything to help corporations make money. The current effort to rewrite the North American Free...
Letters 2/4: On elections and oil and gas
Colorado prioritizes oil and gas
Gov. Polis and most Colorado leaders continue to prioritize a bankrupt industry, responsible for 70% of Colorado’s greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Letters: 7/11/19
Hickenlooper is D-O-N-E
When you listen to him talk about his positions and his abilities to build consensus, remember: John Frackenlooper is a liberal Republican,...
Letters 2/25/21
Refuser protection laws needed
The majority of American people, coming out of four years of the most corrupt, anti-democratic, nation-destructive presidential administration in our history...
Time for Longmont voters to push back on disgusting ‘push polls’...
First off, let me just warn you that I’m pretty angry about what’s going on in Longmont’s city council races. I’m upset because I naively thought, or at least hoped, that as a community we had matured and moved beyond the kind of childish, unsophisticated politics ...
How vicious is the GOP’s war on the poor?
Generals plan wars, but battlefield commanders do the bloody work.
So, meet HUD Secretary Ben Carson, a quiet but bloodstained commandante in General Trump’s relentless...
Why I refused my GOP debate press credentials
Like every other news organization, we were excited when it was originally announced that CNBC’s GOP presidential debate was going to be held at CU’s Coors Events Center. But since that original announcement, the debate has become embroiled in one controversy after ...
