Uncensored

School of hard knocks

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The lessons our children learn often aren’t the ones we intend for them to receive. Such must be the case for student journalists at Overland High School...

Howard Zinn, the people’s historian

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On Jan. 27, America lost Howard Zinn. A World War II bombardier, a historian, an author and professor, Zinn challenged the way Americans look at their nation and themselves with the publication of his 1980 book A People’s History of the United States. Though right-...

Hospital fails rape test

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Some Colorado hospitals may not be up to the task of treating rape victims. That’s one possible conclusion after the recent release of the arrest affidavit in the rape case against Denver Bronco cornerback Perrish Cox...

Shooters should clean up their act

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A shredded television. Shattered glass bottles. Empty ammo boxes. Endless shotgun shells. Brass bullet casings sprinkled across the forest floor. Orange bits of clay pigeons...

Let nipples roam free

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Boulder City Council members Macon Cowles and Lisa Morzel...

Women are not farms

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I spent an afternoon some time ago with a master composter who, while helping me improve my composting game, offered this summation of our consumer-based economic system: “It’s all about making more people to sell more shit to...

You are what you leak

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You are a living filter...

Advice for a thirsty world

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What if all you had to do to change the world for the better was drink a glass of water? A glass of water...

Drunk on power

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Before Boulder City Council convenes again, its members should ask themselves this question: To what degree should government burden local businesses in order to manipulate the behavior of adults...

Anti-abortion activists like Roeder akin to Christian terrorists

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It’s a good thing that a Witchita, Kan., jury found Scott...

White guilt

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Irecently received a fan letter from a reader who pleaded with me to write a novel featuring a multiracial couple. The woman who wrote the letter argued strongly that I shouldn’t let my own prejudices get in the way of crafting a love story about two people of ...

Saint Melinda

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Melinda Gates is my new hero. In fact, I think she should be canonized as the Patron Saint of Voiceless and Vulnerable Women...