Opinion
An open letter to my Republican friends
That I have Republican friends shouldn’t come as a surprise. We all do and I think we can all agree with President...
Proposition EE is not the solution for Colorado
When 2020 started, no one could have predicted the roller coaster ride we are on. Election season has extended the ride as...
Letters 10/15: On voting and endorsements
Current Commissioners on 2020 candidates
Serving the people of Boulder County for the last eight years has been the...
Your choice to vote or not to vote will direct the...
Not participating in the political process of the community is a potent choice. It is an acceptance of the status quo. A...
Letters 10/8: On voting and homelessness
Hold your nose and vote
As an 82-year-old life-long progressive social-democrat (who has experienced the rule of many U.S....
Free market fundamentalism and COVID-19
The world turns upside down a couple times a day. As I write this, President Trump has caught COVID-19 and is benefiting...
Why Trump will leave office if he loses the election
There is widespread concern that President Trump won’t leave office if he loses the election. This angst is understandable. Trump has, after...
Letters 10/1: Online petitioning, COGCC and more
On online petitioning
Thanks for the great article discussing Boulder’s slow walk toward online petitioning (Re: News, “Advancing Democracy,”...
Pandemic profiteering
More than 200,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and more than 32 million have lost their jobs. During the first quarter of...
Letters 9/24: On fracking and air quality, and more
The politics of hiding
The air quality in Longmont is poor primarily due to fracking. The American Lung Association...
On Proposition 113: More is needed than eliminating the Electoral College
I was 11 years old. It was the first presidential election I remember. John Kennedy eventually won with 303 electoral votes and a...
Letters 9.17: Loachamin for Commissioner, and more
Vote down the ballot
This is a particularly important election year. Like 2020, this election will be quite different....
