Opinion

Polis a bit too coy on TPP

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I am puzzled by Rep. Jared Polis. He has concerns about the “transparency” of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP ) negoiating process and the agreement’s impact on Internet freedom. But he can’t decide whether he is for or against fast track authorization. This is ...

My persons of the year

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Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” this year was a collective award: The Ebola Fighters...

Daddy’s philosophy

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This special day got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of Christmas gifts. I mean our true spirit of giving — giving of ourselves...

A corporate power grab is underway, so where’s the media?

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If you need a good, doable New Year’s resolution, try this: “I resolve to do my part this year to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership...

Learning courage from East German pacifists

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Twenty five years ago, the Soviet bloc was shaken by unarmed uprisings which would lead to the demise of Communism and the end of the Cold War. The most dramatic event was the fall of the Berlin Wall...

Blacks, police and marijuana

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There are three simple things President Barack Obama can do to reduce the sort of confrontations between cops and young black men that occasionally get the latter killed and much more often get them arrested...

The explosive greed of America’s 0.01-percenters

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In this season of mass commercialism, let’s pause to consider the plight of simple millionaires...

Ethics and congress critters

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Do you — or anyone — really need a book of rules and a three-hour briefing on ethics in order to do your job ethically...

Hick clueless on guest workers

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Do we want to create a permanent underclass of non-citizens in the United States? That is a crucial question in the immigration reform debate...

GMOs: Boulder County’s November surprise

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Boulder is full of Democrats — Ds outnumber Rs two-to-one — so the county’s election results didn’t exactly come as a bolt from the blue...

America’s good food movement

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What better day than Thanksgiving to celebrate our country’s food rebels...

Let workers vote on CEO’s pay

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One difference between top executives and worker bees is that those at the top can lower the pay of those down below, while simultaneously raising their own pay. If you wonder what’s causing America’s rapidly-widening income gap, there it is...