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Seeger’s true politics
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
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
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...
Town of Erie ballot questions results
The following is a list of the final unofficial 2009 results from the Town of Erie ballot questions. Read our...
Double Apple Pecan Crumble
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
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
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
I’ve spent the majority of my past two decades living Thursday to Thursday...
Amendment 62 assaults our sex lives
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...








