No on 310: Protect small businesses in Denver Re: “Bloomberg gives $1.5M to help save flavored-tobacco ban,” Oct. 9 news story As ballots begin arriving in mailboxes, small business owners like me are standing up to a New York billionaire who has poured $1.6 million into keeping Denver’s flavored tobacco ban in place. This brings…
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Campus action against film screening seems to conflict with spirit of Sundance Re: “Police shut down students’ film screening,” Sept. 27 news story The relocation of the Sundance Film Festival to Boulder is certainly a good thing for the Colorado film community. Much good will come from it, including a partnership with the University of…
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Don’t overlook Hamas’ role in the destruction of Gaza Re: “The genocide has lasted for 2 years, Americans must speak for Palestinians,” Oct. 5 commentary This is in response to the editorial essay written by Rep. Iman Jodeh. In the essay, there is one sentence devoted to the Oct. 7, 2023, atrocity that occurred in…
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Release Vizguerra Re: “Detained activist says that she feels ‘vulnerable’ six months after arrest,” Sept. 30 news story Jeanette Vizguerra, an activist detained by ICE for 6 months, should be released immediately. She is a working mother who paid taxes supporting the government at the time of her detention. Being held, she is costing the…
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BYU game: CU needs a Civility 101 course I took my two BYU-bound teenagers, ages 13 and 16, to the Colorado/BYU game on Saturday night, and I was shocked by the lack of civility of CU fans. Fans shouted directly at us “(expletive) BYU” dozens of times, women on the streets of Boulder flashed my…
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Here’s a sobering fact: Even if the entire world transitions away from fossil fuels, the way we farm and eat will cause global temperatures to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels — the critical threshold set in the Paris Climate Agreement. The further we go above that limit, the more intense the effects of…
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The wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year were likely the costliest blazes on record. The modern age of burning has been ignited by human hands. Though wildfires are natural and necessary in many ecosystems, their expanding path of destruction in recent years has been worsened by all the different ways humanity has reshaped the…
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Trump’s address to military — not the American way Re: “Trump’s military speech: Cities as training grounds,” Oct. 1 news story Donald Trump summoned our military leaders to tell them to prepare to do battle with the “enemy within” U.S. cities with Democratic mayors. We should not be talking about the government shutdown or the…
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Jane Goodall, who has died at the age of 91, was a titan in the world of conservation who revealed much of what we know about chimpanzees and animal behavior. | Europa Press via Associated Press Jane Goodall, one of the most influential environmental figures in human history, has died at 91 while doing what…
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Electricity prices keep inching up, and there’s little reason to think they’ll fall back down anytime soon. Like most Americans this month, your most recent power bill may have given you a shock. Residential electricity rates have risen fast across the US — more than 30 percent on average since 2020 and almost double the…
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