Guest Columns
Don’t iterate: Innovate
By Kevin J. Krizek
The Boulder Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a quarterly lunch for roughly 60 people invested in transport safety. At the event,...
Thinking small
Colorado’s Front Range is positioned as the only feasible north-south corridor between the coasts where Amtrak’s three major long-distance routes (Southwest Chief, California Zephyr...
Perturbed by pesticides
Relocate Weed Warriors from Walker Ranch
By Christel Markevich
Boulder County Parks and Open Space (BCPOS) recently asked for volunteers to pull weeds along the Walker...
Boulder needs your voice
As a Community Connector for the Civic Area Phase 2 project, I work in the space where the ideas of our community meet the...
Taking on too much?
By Roxanne Peterson
There’s an awful lot going on at the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless (BSH) these days, and the long-awaited day center has...
Reject division
By Dr. Samuel Leguizamon Grant(he/they/we)
Not that long ago, Desmond Tutu, who played a key role in the Truth and Reconciliation Process in South Africa,...
Dems and DEI
By Pete Salas
“We must also realize that privileged groups never give up their privileges voluntarily.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
The cloud of privileged hypocrisy...
Climate scientists are not corrupt
By Ryan DeCrescent
The other day, an older gentleman’s T-shirt caught my attention. The front read:
The atmosphere is: 78% nitrogen 21% oxygen 2% H2O 0.04% CO2
Great — inarguable facts!...
Legal madness
By Charlie Danaher
In ruling that Trump should be removed from the primary ballot, the Colorado Supreme Court furthers and promotes the legal madness, while...
Home Rule
Mark Fearer’s piece on common problems faced by tenants (“The Unrepentant Tenant,” Sept. 8, 2022) and the mention of the Boulder housing code caught...
Plenty of food, but not for all farmworkers
On a summer morning in southern Idaho, the day breaks early, before 6 a.m. The air is stale, never fully cooled from the heat...
Market forces for products, not people
There is a lot of discussion about teacher pay in the United States, and Colorado is no exception. What gets less attention is the...
