Incorporated in 1961, Broomfield, CO is a smallish town of a little more than 74,000 people as of the 2020 census. Nestled in the southeastern corner of Boulder County, it was likely named for the type of sorghum grown there, known commonly as broomcorn as it was used in the manufacturing of brooms.
Opinions
Randy Corporon, a CO Republican Radio Host & Attorney, Disgraces the Legal Profession
Radio host Randy Corporon continues to spread lies about the 2020 election as the nation heads into a fraught new presidential election year.
Earth to School Board Candidate: You’re Right, a Dog Never Turned Into a Lion, But That’s No Reason To Teach Genesis
On her campaign website Grand-Junction-area school board race, Barbara Evanson claims she wants to “ensure students learn to read, write, do math, and understand science and history.” But by “science” she apparently means religious dogma.
School Board Candidate Responds: ‘Evidence For Creationism & Equality in Education’
Editor’s note: This opinion column was sent in response to an article published by the Colorado Times Recorder on October 31, 2023, titled “School Board Candidate: Schools Should Teach Big Bang & Creationism & Let Kids Decide What’s True.“ The author co-wrote this column with her husband, Charles Evanson.
Denouncing ‘Barbarians’ Perpetuates the Slaughter of Innocents in Israel and Gaza
Ever since my first of many trips to Israel, in 1976, just three years after the Yom Kippur war, and only nine years after the Six Day War in which Israel gained the territory known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, filled with millions of Palestinians, as well as the Golan Heights and the Sinai peninsula (since returned to Egypt), I have known that it was untenable for Israel to hold onto these occupied territories with millions of Palestinian residents, and maintain its stature as both a Jewish and democratic state. I was only 17 years old, but the demographics were obvious even then, and they have become even more obvious since that time.
Colorado Requires Free Lunches for Kids in School. Here’s Why Other States Should Follow
During the pandemic, schools were allowed to treat the idea of feeding students to be as essential as educating them. That’s how it should be all the time.
The Shomer: CU-Boulder Ethnic Studies Dept. Goes Full Goebbels
(Update Nov. 1, 9:47 a.m. MT: Since this column was originally published, the CU-Boulder Ethnic Studies department has “revised” their statement. Here’s a screenshot of the original version as published before it was replaced.) To read my response to this new, “revised, revised statement” head over here.