Opinion
Letters: 7/7/16
Portland: a poor model to follow
As citizens in a representative democracy, we expect the people we elect to be looking out for our best...
When it comes to sustainability, roads are more important than compost
As a matter of full disclosure, Paul Danish is currently running for County Commissioner. Should any other candidates for County Commissioner or current Commissioners...
How politically brain-dead is Tony Blair?
Tony Blair, Britain’s former prime minister, has lashed out at British voters for having “a shared hostility to globalization,” referring to their June 23...
The nonviolent history of American independence
Independence Day is commemorated with fireworks and flag-waving, gun salutes and military parades... however, one of our nation’s founding fathers, John Adams, wrote, “A...
The legacy of Joe McCarthy lives on
Donald Trump has been compared to earlier rightwing demagogues such as Hitler, Mussolini, George Wallace and Pat Buchanan. The name of witch-hunter Senator Joe...
How the feds encourage Wall Street banksterism
Hey, stop complaining that our government coddles Wall Street’s big, money-grubbing banks!
Sure, they went belly-up and crashed our economy with their greed. And, yes,...
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...
Letters: 6/23/16
Be an informed voter
There are several contested primary races from the Republican Senate race to the Boulder area state house seat to replace Dickey...
My gun control platform
In the 163 days since January 1st 2016, there have been 176 mass shootings in the United States. For the record, I believe that...
The great flatulence of 2016
The Idea Fairy and I were nibbling on a new batch of edibles when there was a knock on the door.
It was Saul Alinsky.
“Saul,...
Big beer, big bully
If “bigger is better,” as the old saw claims, does that mean that biggest is best? Not in CorporateWorld. Chanting the bigger-is-better mantra, corporations...
Trump exposes liberal ignorance of the working class
The working class is invisible in this country much of the time. But in election years, the white folks in this demographic are discussed...
