Content Archives
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What’s old is new
If you haven’t watched the BBC series The Edwardian Farm, I highly recommend it. A series that ended this past January, the program features historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn, who attempt to show what daily life was like during...
Louisville City Council candidate questions and answers
Below are Boulder Weekly's five questions for Louisville City Council candidates, and their answers...
Tips from EcoCycle
1 BYOBag, skip the fluff Bring your own bags when you go shopping. Bags that stuff into little pouches are a great choice. Also, say no thanks to the tissue paper, ribbons and stickers that often accompany even the smallest holiday purchases...
Tech — and green!
Here’s the dilemma when it comes to electronics: they rock — sometimes, quite literally — but they often leave a large carbon footprint...
Health care, one more time
On the most important domestic issues of the day, our two political parties don’t merely lay out competing arguments; they inhabit alternative realities...
Chocolate is A Love Drug
Dear Pharmacist,My wife made a resolution this year to eat healthy, but she loves candy and chocolate. Is there any compromise because I want to surprise her with something delicious without sabotaging her diet? --S.H., Dallas, TexasAnswer: Ah, Valentine’s Day, when ...
The crusade against contraception
The birth control pill turned 50 years old last month. This marked a milestone in the world of contraception — for women, sexuality and reproductive health and family planning. Of course, women have always had a ways of preventing pregnancy. In 1500 B.C., ...
Tap into Boulder County’s seasonal brews
Boulder County — where the beer flows like wine, and where the women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. No, wait, that’s Aspen. But the beer does, indeed, flow like wine here in the Foothills. Boulder County boasts 23 breweries, brewpubs and meaderies...
Election Guide 2013: Yes on Lafayette Ballot Question 300
City of Lafayette Ballot Question No. 300Gas and oil charter amendment...