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ARIES March 21-April 19: In her book Sticks, Stones, Roots & Bones, Stephanie Rose Bird reports that among early African Americans, there were specialists who...

ARIES March 21-April 19: Twentieth-century French novelist Marcel Proust described 19the-century novelist Gustave Flaubert as a trottoire roulant, or “rolling sidewalk”: plodding, toneless, droning. Meanwhile,...

In last year’s blockbuster movie Interstellar, Matthew McConaughey leads a team of astronauts on a quest to find a new planet like Earth, after humanity collectively destroys the climate on the only home we’ve got...

The 101-word fiction contest has become one of our favorite traditions here at Boulder Weekly. It’s a chance for us to read the best...

File this one in the “academics have way too much time on their hands” folder. My guess is you didn’t wake up this morning wondering...

Dear Dan: I’m a 35-year-old man in a serious relationship — the best I’ve ever been in — with a girl I’ll likely marry....

Last Wednesday was 4/20, so this week is an excellent time to consider the eternal stoner questions: Just how many Americans smoke pot? And...

ARIES March 21-April 19: Nine-year-old Fatima Santos told the San Francisco Chronicle her opinions about the movie Toy Story: “If I had to make a movie like this, I would make it funnier. I would make Mr. Potato Head look funnier than he already does. I would put ...

ARIES March 21-April 19: I dreamed you were in a cake store. Every delicious kind of cake you could imagine was there: carrot cake, strawberry cheesecake, gooey butter cake, rich chocolate cake with four layers of cherries and whipped cream, birthday cakes that ...

For decades, the nation’s drug warriors have argued that marijuana should be illegal because its use results in users eventually turning to more dangerous...

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Dear Dan: I’m a virgin in my late 20s. I’m not waiting until marriage, just for the right person. I’ve dated enough and had...