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This is an archive for categories that are no longer being maintained but is used to historically categorize older articles.
For kids’ health, Ronald McDonald and Joe Camel both deserve the...
As part of an effort to snuff out youth smoking, selling candy-, fruit- and spice-flavored cigarettes is now illegal in the United States...
Some Colorado politicians still do not get that whole open records...
A recent hearing related to the bungled Broomfield election made it clear that some public officials — even judges — still just don’t get it when it comes to coughing up open records...
Silas Atkins — 2023 Boulder City Council Candidate Questionnaire
Candidate: Silas Atkins
Office: Boulder City Council
Website: https://silasforboulder.com/
QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES:
Yes/No Questions - Please answer only with yes/no.
Are you a homeowner? No
Do you think your City...
Role out that costume again
Officer Greg bent Cindy over and slapped handcuffs on her wrist. She pleaded that she had not committed a crime...
The silent jobless
Jobs are slowly coming back, but that’s small comfort to more than 13 million Americans who remain unemployed. For every current job opening, four people are still looking for a job. Many others have given up even trying to find work...
Aaron Neyer — 2023 Boulder City Council Candidate Questionnaire
Candidate: Aaron Neyer
Office: Boulder City Council
Website:
QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES:
Yes/No Questions - Please answer only with yes/no.
Are you a homeowner? No
Do you think your City...
A half-century later, the environmental movement returns to its roots
It’s been more than four decades since the first Earth Day event held on April 22, 1970. And since that time it is fair to say that the environmental movement has had its ups and downs. So where does it stand today, and what should we expect moving forward? When it ...
Shopping Pearl Street Mall on a $20 budget
The holidays roll around and most of my friends and family get some lovely homemade cookies wrapped up in red and green cellophane on a mighty decorative plastic plate. That’s about all that I can afford for my four big brothers and their growing families. Everything...
The sex behind population control
As taboo as it is to talk about sexual pleasure in the bedroom, talking about population control can be even more contentious. We need to have sex to make babies — that’s obvious. But in a world that is running out of room and resources, we would do well to ...
