Opinion
Hope — if we are committed
In the last several years, a new conventional wisdom has emerged in the West about conflict in the Middle East. World leaders, public intellectuals,...
Letters: May 14, 2020
A letter to Joe Neguse
I am writing to state my extreme disappointment and disgust with the Congressional Democrats, particularly its leadership, for doing little...
Letters | Fight to protect dispensaries
Fight to protect dispensaries (Re: “Seed-to-sale surveillance,” cover story, June 2.) Hopefully, everyone who saw the barcode on the picture of a cannabis leaf on the front of the Boulder Weekly realized that something has gone terribly wrong in Colorado. The purpose...
‘Punk’ kids refreshing in a stale political season
What’s up with these punks?” — Fox News host Gretchen Carlson asking about protesting Jeffco students...
Obama goes nuclear — will carbon caps follow?
According to a recent Reuters article, the U.S. Senate is about to take up climate change/capand-trade/energy legislation again, which, politically, is like taking up serpents...
Letters | Turning a mirror on Danish
Correction: The Sept. 8 article “Cinematic climbing” stated that Craig Muderlak’s short film Our Office would debut at the Reel Rock Film Tour on Sept. 15. While the film is in the amateur film contest, it is not expected to earn enough votes to screen as part of the...
A close call and a second chance
The light at the end of the tunnel is nearing. Sooner than I anticipated, the post-pandemic world is gradually reopening and spreading its wings....
Fight the virus or just give up
Many months ago, public health experts predicted that we would likely have a dark coronavirus winter. Now cases are skyrocketing, the death rate is...
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 willingness to...
Tea party Congress: ‘Power to the Corporations’
Good grief — the genuine populist fury of grassroots tea partiers is now being perverted into anti-populism by the very Tea Party Republicans they elected to Congress...
