Danish Plan

Obama makes his bones, maybe

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Now that’s my kind of hope and change...

Obama learns to love fracking

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President Obama gave a speech at Georgetown University Tuesday, June 25, in which he outlined his vision for saving the country, world and civilization as we know it from the horrors of global warming...

Funding social security without raising taxes

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This year’s budget battles have at least produced two points of clarity...

The pleasant surprises of October

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Tipping point alert: October 2013 may go down as the month that American public opinion decisively tipped in favor of legalizing marijuana and consigning 76 years of vicious prohibitionist reefer madness to history’s landfill...

Why the latest climate report will be ignored

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I spent some time last Sunday reading news stories about the latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was formally unveiled in Berlin the same day...

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...

A modest proposal to begin updating our national symbols

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Symbols matter. That’s why the time has come to replace the tired old bald eagle on the great seal of the United States and in other patriotic venues with a critter more in keeping with the lifestyle, values and morals of 21st-century America: The rat...

Thoughts on the Fourth of July

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It’s 11:17 p.m., July, 4 2015. The illegal fireworks are still going off. It’s been a constant cacophony since 5 p.m. as God intended it to be...

Gaza and ‘game changers’

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Editor’s Note: Long-time Boulder Weekly columnist Paul Danish has made numerous trips to Israel during times of conflict. So we asked him for his opinion of what is happening in the region at this time...

A modest proposal to protect members of Congress

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I have a modest proposal for increasing the security for U.S. Congressmen without isolating them from their constituents anymore than they already are...

The list and who’s off it — first cut

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I don’t for a second doubt that any of the 22 candidates currently running for President — 17 Republicans and five Democrats — could run the country if they happened to get elected. This isn’t because they are political geniuses. It’s because the genius of the ...

Hug the children, bill their countries

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Editor’s note: In this week’s editorial pages, columnist Paul Danish and BW editor Joel Dyer tackle the same subject: children illegally crossing the U.S./ Mexican border. As you may have guessed, they come at this growing immigration crisis from somewhat differing ...