Opinion

Yee-haw! Perry for president

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The higher the monkey climbs, the more you see of its ugly side...

Finding the money to fund higher education for all

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Question: Is making higher education available to every American more important to our national interest than letting Wall Street profiteers make a few more billions of dollars each year...

The agonizingly slow pace of a fast food giant

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The appeal of fast food chains has not been their food (mostly fat, salty, sugary, empty-calorie blah), but their speed...

Punishing poverty, subsidizing billionaires

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In this season of the fall harvest, Congress is proving once again that it is a very poor gardener — it keeps watering the weeds and pulling the flowers. A conference committee is presently meeting to hash out a new, five-year farm bill, and what a hash they’re ...

Millionaire lawmakers can rise above their financial handicap

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Mark Twain spoke for me when he said: “I’m opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position...

We need conversations, not regulations

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On Jan. 28, the Boulder County Board of Commissioners voted to grant the designation of “demonstration farm” to a piece of privately owned agricultural land northeast of Boulder. The property, owned by Zia Parker and...

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...

Letters | A moot point?

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A moot point...

Letters | Enforce dog rules

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Enforce dog rules...

Letters | Why is Xcel so nervous?

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Why is Xcel so nervous...

Letters | Everyone counts

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Everyone counts...