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Seeger’s true politics

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Folk singer Pete Seeger, who died at age 94 last month, provided a soundtrack for every progressive crusade of our time, from labor unions to civil rights, from world peace to environmentalism. He wrote, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” “If I Had A Hammer” and “...

Shopping Pearl Street Mall on a $20 budget

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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...

Taking care of our least fortunate

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In 1992, Rush Limbaugh ridiculed Boulder Mayor Leslie Durgin for saying, “We don’t want to become the kind of community where everyone is white, upper-middle class. ... We really want to have a diverse community...

Advice for Whatever Ails School kids

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Dear Pharmacist...

Town of Erie ballot questions results

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The following is a list of the final unofficial 2009 results from the Town of Erie ballot questions. Read our...

Double Apple Pecan Crumble

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Okay Boulderites, I’m going for cozy this week. Usually by the middle of October I have made at least five pumpkin-based desserts for TV, but this year I’m slacking. November will have to be “pumpkin dessert month,” which makes sense...

Give memories, not things: active gifts

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With winter comes a host of new things to do outdoors, which often lead to the best presents of all: lasting memories...

Xcel’s claims on creating a municipal electric utility are wrong

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Xcel Energy contends that there is “simply no advantage to forming a utility in the way that Boulder is attempting.” This unsupported statement gives me pause and compels me to set the record straight...

Letting go of my hump day

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I’ve spent the majority of my past two decades living Thursday to Thursday...

Amendment 62 assaults our sex lives

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Anthropology demonstrates that human beings have undergone extensive lifestyle transitions, from hunting and gathering to agriculture and farming to agri-business and Wall Street shenanigans. This social evolution has led to the emergence of law and religion. Law...