Uncensored
Why people growl about dogs on open space
The dog — a mix of some kind — stepped out of the undergrowth, padded through the small stream that bisects the Mesa Trail just south of Chautauqua and caught up with its owner. Its face was full of porcupine quills...
Women are not farms
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...
Occupy your holiday
With the “Occupy” movement now in its second month, the holiday season has begun. It will be interesting to see how those who are a part of that movement — and those who sympathize with it — celebrate their holidays...
White guilt
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 ...
Sluts like us
If women don’t want to be raped, they shouldn’t dress like sluts. That’s what one Toronto constable had to say to a group of college students during a safety orientation in January...
City Council’s bad decorum
Boulder City Council members seem to be confused. They seem convinced that dealing with the public at their public meetings has become difficult and that new rules are required to keep the hoi polloi from making a mockery of civil government. In truth, it’s City ...
Shooters should clean up their act
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...
‘Birth control moms’ fight back
On Feb. 20, Rush Limbaugh said there was no such voting block as “birth control moms,” suburban married mothers for whom contraception is a key issue...
Personhood USA flops
A social experiment was conducted last week by some folks from Colorado, and it failed. The implications of that failure ought to bring some relief to those of us who believe in women’s equality...
We can do better
It`s easy to look at Jeremiah Sosa’s short life and conclude that he never had a chance. After all, he was born to two parents who are in prison. His mother, Georgina Alaniz, 25, gave birth while serving a sentence for robbery, forgery and escape. After holding ...
Baloney on veggies
Back in 1981, the Reagan administration set about creating a budget for fiscal year 1982 that would include $27 billion in cuts to so-called entitlements. The school lunch program, which provides meals to kids from low-income families, was cut by $1 billion...
