Opinion
Kissing bankers’ butts
Oh them wild and naughty bankers! What in the world will those rapacious rapscallions of Wall Street do next? Just recently, we learned from Kenneth Feinberg, the government’s special investigator of banker pay, that top executives of 17 financial giants ...
Think globally, mine locally
Good news. At last there’s a way for Boulder to think globally and act locally to stop genocide. No more of that “put up a yard sign and feel holy” crap. Now we can do something that really makes a difference. First some background. According to a story in...
Letters | Behave yourselves
CORRECTION: A July 22 article, “Astroland offers Boulder a DIY space,” incorrectly listed the author’s name. His full name is Jonathan Thomas Romeo...
Wall Street’s ‘Mom & Pop’ bankers
Don´t cry for Jamie Dimon, America. As CEO of JPMorgan Chase, this ruling mogul of Wall Street must now cope with the recently enacted financial reform bill, which imposes a host of new regulations meant to rein in the rip-offs, frauds and other excesses of Wall ...
Fighting the superbugs of agribusiness
Not so long ago, the “miracle cure” of antibiotics prompted doctors to prescribe them for illnesses as minor as colds and upset tummies. But, then, people began to die. In droves. Why? Overuse of antibiotics led to the rapid evolution of savvy bacteria resistant ...
How to stop illegal immigration
I have a modest proposal for solving the problem of illegal immigration from Mexico without building a fence along the border or granting amnesty to those here illegally. Conquer Mexico. You know. Kind of like conquistadors, only north to south this time. Get ...
Return of the Katrina trailers
boulderweekly.com/highroad They’re baaaack. The Creepy Creatures from Hurricane Katrina are reappearing on the Gulf Coast, having been raised from the dead. These creatures are the infamous contaminated trailers that federal emergency officials bought and set up in...
