Every so often, a generation inherits the bill for what an earlier generation built. That moment has arrived for Boulder, and for communities across the United States. The public buildings that rose out of the mid-twentieth century — fire stations, recreation centers, maintenance yards, and municipal offices — are all reaching the end of their useful lives around the same time. Colorado cities feel it too; Longmont’s 2026 public safety bond, for instance, is partly a response to $76 million in overdue capital and facility needs. Boulder is no exception, however much some former elected officials and candidates like to…

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made a striking and deeply personal decision: he has imposed sanctions on ten Russian and Ukrainian nationals accused of spreading disinformation, Russian propaganda, and support for Moscow’s aggressive war against Ukraine. The list includes Yuliia Mendel, the woman who once served as his press secretary and stood at his side during some of the most critical early moments of his presidency. For many, the move feels less like a bureaucratic measure and more like a rupture—the head of state formally punishing a former close associate who now, in his view, works against her own country. The…