Author: The Boulder Daily Camera

So what’s next? This past weekend’s massive Women’s Marches across the country (and beyond) brought together supporters of diverse political agendas: Women’s reproductive rights. Climate change. Public education. Immigration. Voting and human rights. And that’s just for starters. Added together, it has been called the largest demonstration in American history. In a nation that seems…

The controversy over Milo Yiannopoulos speaking at CU tonight is not unlike the debate that goes on in our modest offices on an almost daily basis. We believe in free speech and we believe in decency. We do not think these beliefs are contradictory, but we understand that at the margins there will be differences…

In the exceptional heat of this moment in our political history, the historical significance of our 44th president is at least partially obscured by people and squabbles we suspect will decline in importance over time as Barack Obama’s legacy grows. Conservatives suggested Michelle Obama showed a lack of patriotism when she declared she had never…

In the exceptional heat of this moment in our political history, the historical significance of our 44th president is at least partially obscured by people and squabbles we suspect will decline in importance over time as Barack Obama’s legacy grows. Conservatives suggested Michelle Obama showed a lack of patriotism when she declared she had never…

President Obama leaves office this week with a remarkable legacy already intact. He exits with grace, eloquence and optimism, his administration unblemished by scandal. The economy is humming for much of America. The U.S. standing in the world is vastly improved. He bent the arc of history toward justice. It is a complicated legacy. His…

Each year on the third Monday in January this space is filled with prose extolling the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. While it is indeed the day the nation has set aside to honor King, such editorials somehow seem trite and even redundant. They are not; honoring greatness is never redundant.…

If anyone thought that election to the highest office in the land had changed Donald Trump, the president-elect’s news conference Wednesday was a depressing spectacle. As he did on the campaign trail, Trump berated the media, hurled exaggerated accusations and trafficked in vague promises – “incredible people” are going to do “tremendous things.” He shouted…

ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company not controlled by a nation-state, holds drilling rights to more territory in Russia than in the rest of the world combined – 63.7 million acres, according to the Wall Street Journal. But Exxon has been frustrated recently in its efforts to exploit those rights by U.S. sanctions imposed on…