Opinion
Simon Testa: Boulder’s Flatirons culture can blur the reality of risk
How solo climbing became normalized in Boulder, and how familiarity can distort perceptions of danger and consequence.
Bob Yates: Debating a Boulder flag reveals much about our community
The Museum of Boulder’s flag design competition was an exercise in creativity and fun, not an effort to create an official flag for the City of Boulder.
Yoav Lurie: BVSD should expand sibling enrollment preference districtwide
School communities are stronger and students more successful when younger children can attend schools where older siblings already built lasting family ties.
Rex Madden: Boulder County’s trail-use pilot unfairly targets mountain bikers
Boulder County’s proposed alternating trail-use pilot is being justified by preference-based conflicts, not documented safety risks.
Suzanne Bhatt: Boulder County’s alternating trail-use proposal can balance safety, access and conservation
Protecting Boulder open space means making room for hikers, bikers and wildlife while reducing trail conflicts and limiting further ecosystem damage.
Harold Niedzielski and Bob Yates: Boulder’s All Roads is adopting a fair and compassionate approach to homelessness sheltering
The new protocol limits stays for those arriving from outside the county to more fairly allocate the community’s finite resources.
Laura Kaplan: Boulder must not give permanent control of city land to the FAA
New FAA grant terms would require the city to operate the airport indefinitely, limiting local control over land use, noise and environmental decisions.
Justin Schwartz: How CU Boulder is building Colorado’s climate future
With research, education, partnerships and programs, CU Boulder has a multipronged approach to supporting solutions to climate change.
Dr. Stuart C. Lord: Boulder cannot pretend the voting rights fight is happening elsewhere
A series of Supreme Court rulings has steadily eroded voting rights nationwide.
Brian Keegan: Boulder’s tipped wage debate rests on a myth about what restaurant workers earn
The argument for slowing Boulder’s tipped wage increases assumes workers are already thriving. The data suggests otherwise.