Opinion
‘Being There,’ the remake; starring Donald Trump
You’re not crazy and it only feels like déjà vu. The truth is, that nagging feeling you’ve seen this show before isn’t wrong. You...
Letters: 3/10/16
Superdelegate Polis
Democrats voted for Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton by a 2:1 margin in Colorado’s Second Congressional District on Super Tuesday. Jared Polis, who...
The path to a Bernie victory
Bernie Sanders can win. On Super Tuesday, Clinton won in “red” conservative states of the South, which Democrats will lose in the general election,...
Why would anyone celebrate the ‘joy’ of war?
War is hell.
Unless, of course, you happen to be a global corporate peddler of rockets, drones, bombs and all the other hellish weaponry of...
Letters: 3/3/16
An open letter to Barb Halpin, staff deputy to the Boulder County Commissioners, and Public Information Officer
I wanted to reach out and clarify the...
Dark spots, light spots and Apple’s protest
Dr. Mel Gurtov has studied government intrusion into our lives for many decades, including his work as an analyst for the RAND corporation and...
Is Trump a fascist or just marinated?
Former Mexican Presidents Vicente Fox (2000-2006) and Felipe Calderon (2006-2012) say Donald Trump reminds them of Hitler.
So does former New Jersey Governor Christie Todd...
Why the GOP’s fence fantasy is a farce
A proper wall, we’re told, makes good neighbors, but an 18-foot-high, 2000-mile-long wall goes way beyond proper, antagonizes your neighbor and shows your own...
Letters:P 2/25/16
Response to a nonsensical letter
I felt compelled to respond to the Feb. 11, 2016 letter from Michelle Kretzer of the PETA Foundation in Norfolk,...
Economists agree with Bernie
The popularity of Bernie Sanders marks “the end of the politico-ideological cycle opened by the victory of Ronald Reagan at the 1980 elections,” according...
Why doesn’t Congress do what the people want and need?
If you wonder why Congress critters keep ignoring what the people want them to do — while doing things that people don’t want them...
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...
