Danish Plan
Why Romney lost — and how to win next time
Republicans have started a conversation on why they lost the election and on what they have to do to win the next one...
Repeal the Second Amendment? How about the First?
Editor's Note: The original version of this article misspelled Andrew O'Connor's name...
An open letter to Michaela Mujica-Steiner
I read with interest your piece in the Dec. 13 Boulder Weekly (Re: “Déjà vu at U.N. climate talks”) about your visit to the United...
Trump encounters reality, eh?
Well, Mr. Trump, how’s that Canadian stuff working out for ya?
Not so much, eh?
When Donald Trump attempted to question whether Ted Cruz was a...
Who wants a big, cool rocket?
A couple of days after Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully flew its Falcon Heavy rocket last week, a USA Today headline asked: “SpaceX Falcon Heavy —...
The Green New Deal and the mother of all Kinsley gaffes
A Kinsley Gaffe (named after former New Republic Editor Michael Kinsley) occurs when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he or she...
Boulder, Uber, Google and traffic
I have a modest proposal for dealing with Boulder’s traffic mess: outsource the problem to Google and Uber.
Boulder’s traffic mess is bad; the worst...
Big day in American history
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...
The dawn of the new era in Boulder politics
Wow! That was one awesome piece of politicking.
New Era Colorado, the millenial-oriented activist organization that all but single-handedly saved the muni, did a terrific...
Shakespeare, like youth, is wasted on the young. Or is it?
Had Dana Dusbiber written the op-ed piece she had in the Washington Post last week while I was in high school, I would have nominated her for teacher of the year...
The Oroville Dam: A cautionary tale from 1969
Curt Gentry was no Nostradamus or Edgar Cayce, but he made a prediction in 1969 that would have done either of them proud —...
