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Undead laws: ‘Ag-gag bills’ are back to keep factory farm abuse...
The progressive left likes to use the term “zombie lies” to refer to...
More accounts of inmate abuse surface at jail
A Boulder Weekly story about the Boulder County Jail and the use of a restraint chair on unruly inmates has prompted other current and former inmates to come forward with allegations of abuse suffered at the hands of jail staff...
Pro-fracking commenter admits getting paid by industry
In yet another apparent example of big money infiltrating local elections, an individual who has reportedly become a frequent defender of “fracking” at recent Boulder City Council meetings has acknowledged that he is on the payroll of the Colorado Oil and Gas ...
Loss of City Trees Costs Billions
Tree cover in American cities is shrinking, and it could be costing taxpayers billions of dollars...
A tale of two cities
Nothing says “holidays” quite like revisiting the Goldschmidt Hypothesis at this time of year. At least that’s how you might see things unfolding this shopping season if you were a rural sociologist or economic anthropologist...
White rhino poaching hits record levels in 2013
The BBC is reporting that 2013 was the worst year on record for the poaching of white rhinos in South Africa, a species that dwindled to a population of only 100 at the end of the 19th century...
Not in this Statehouse
The state bill that would have rolled back Colorado’s renewable energy standards to half of their proposed levels was co-sponsored by legislators who have been linked to the fossil fuel-funded American Legislative Exchange Council...
Obama administration moves to aid Syrian opposition
The Obama administration is moving to provide direct...
New film about fracking stars Matt Damon, John Krasinski
Ryan Gosling may have saved a woman from a speeding car, but some of our other favorite stars are doing the next best thing: starring in an anti-fracking movie. Gus Van Sant is directing, and the cast includes Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand, probably ...
FaceMash.com, the forerunner to Facebook, up for auction
CHICAGO — Rahul Jain has something Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg doesn't. And for $21,000-plus, it can be yours...
GMOs get a go-ahead
If you slice open a strawberry, it still looks like a strawberry, whether it’s genetically modified or not. If you slice open the recent decision by the Cropland Policy Advisory Group on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and organic crops in Boulder County, it ...
Audit critical of BVSD’s special ed program
A state audit has found the Boulder Valley School District’s special education program deficient in a dozen different areas...
