Opinion
Can the Davids influence the Goliaths?
Commercial giants, such as Amazon, Walmart, Tyson Foods frequently make the news for high salaries and soaring stock valuations garnered by top management and...
Forced pregnancy & rise in fascism
Abortion is a unique issue in American politics. For many years, a majority of people have opposed overturning Roe v. Wade. However, many have...
Rent relief in St. Paul and the Polis betrayal
Two very different stories have big implications for renters.
Democracy isn’t corny but essential for equitable & decent society
Are the Republicans going crazy? They are banning books, criminalizing abortion, attacking public school teachers who talk about racism, passing anti-LGBT laws and indiscriminately...
The houseplant industry’s threat to biodiversity
From the onset of the COVID pandemic, houseplant sales have skyrocketed. Nurseries and greenhouses across the country have struggled to keep up with the...
Letters 4/21/22
Wrong Way
Encouraging use of E-85 is a wrong way to go. Even changing E-10 to E-15 is a poor idea. E-85 is 85% ethanol...
The bigger picture of rent control
A recent letter to the editor about my column (see The unrepentant tenant, “Rent control: Why or why not?” March 24, 2022) raised some points...
Amazon workers’ win and fragile promise of union revival
This April Fools’ Day, David beat Goliath. It wasn’t a joke. Workers at Amazon’s huge warehouse on Staten Island voted to form a union...
Presidential selection transparency issues at the University of Colorado
With the selection of current interim President Todd Saliman as the sole finalist for the presidency of the University of Colorado system, CU’s governing...
Letters 4/14/22
In support of the library district
My name is Jennifer Yee and I am a resident of unincorporated Boulder County. A quick maps search tells me...
Letters 4/7/22
Definitions first, please
Thanks to Mark Fearer for addressing the current dire situation for renters in Boulder. Rents have been rising dramatically along with housing...
