Opinion

April 19 is a big day in American history, maybe even the biggest. Doesn’t ring a bell, huh? Here’s a clue. It was a cool and misty morning...

Correction: The April 11 story “A taste of the world’s music at CU” was written by Peter Alexander, not David Accomazzo...

Earth Day cometh — the 43rd year of this national focus on our globe. Should we weep? Or cheer? Both. The first step toward any recovery is admitting that we have a problem. In fact, beaucoup of them. For example, despite the squawking of profiteering polluters and...

As we recently reported, a last-minute rider was slipped into HR 933, the 240-page spending bill signed by President Barack Obama on March 26. The bill was designed as an emergency measure to prevent a government shutdown, but as it turned out, it also made a pretty ...

(Re: “If you don’t like fracking, hope you like global warming,” Danish Plan, April 4.) I read your recent column about fracking and global warming. While I believe there is validity to your arguments, I feel that you are completely ignoring a critical piece of this...

I like the word “lift.” It implies upward progress and a can-do communal spirit: Yes, let´s all put our backs into it, and lift this load. It´s so American...

So you don’t like fracking, huh...

(“Where the grass isn’t greener,” Boulderganic, March 28.) These high-use customers drive the need for increased supply, which all customers have to pay for. A gas electric plant costs in the neighborhood of $80 million. Should we all have to pay increased rates, or ...

Turf wars can be the silliest of all scuffles, and no place does silly with more zeal than Texas...

I occasionally appreciate Paul Danish’s contrarian views, but sometimes they need to be answered — especially when the issue is something as important as climate breakdown...

It’s one thing for Big Oil frackers to bust into our Earth, our communities and our economic well-being — but the fracking fad is also busting the free speech rights of locals who dare to speak out against it...

Sometimes you learn the darnedest things if you read a news story all the way to the end...