Stew's Views
Why Boulder Weekly is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president
If there is anything more perplexing to me than people who plan to vote for Donald Trump at the merciful end of this interminable...
Failure was never an option
In the spring of 1993, a recent California transplant set about the task of launching a new weekly paper in Boulder, Colorado, called Boulder...
Dead & Company’s cancellation of Florida shows demonstrates the true spirit...
While in the midst of a critically acclaimed, 31-show tour, supergroup Dead & Company suddenly announced on September 28 the cancellations of its sold-out...
The Grateful Dead “Fare Thee Well” Report Card
John Lennon died on Dec. 8, 1980, breaking the hearts of millions of fans and laying to rest any hope of a Beatles reunion. During the ensuing years, the remaining members of the band carried on by continuing to perform individually and sometimes collectively, ...
Ladies and gentlemen, not the Grateful Dead
It has been almost 20 years since legendary Grateful Dead lead guitarist Jerry Garcia transitioned to the big acid test in the sky. And since Jerry left us the debate has raged over whether the remaining members of the band — Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and ...
4/20 smoke-screen
There are so many angles from which to contemplate the wrong that CU is perpetrating with respect to its tactics to end the “4/20 smokeout” that one hardly knows where to begin...
The myth of vehicular privilege
As an avid cyclist who rides the trails and roads adjacent to Boulder almost every day, I read with great interest Matt Cortina’s article,...
Protecting the most vulnerable among us
The abject failure of our leadership in Washington has become increasingly clear as we struggle through the current crisis. While Trump and his co-conspirators...
There’s a dragon with matches that’s loose on the town
The current crisis is not the first time I have been tested in my life, nor will it be the last. For all of...
Boulder Weekly Staff Hall of Fame
As the company’s founder and publisher, my passion for and commitment to the success of Boulder Weekly has been a double-edged sword that has...
A new generation of leadership at the Weekly
Several
years ago I became aware of a powerful yet simple model of life, called the
Four Ashramas. According to Hindu tradition, each of the Ashramas,...
Referring to Kobe Bryant as a “rapist” is a technical foul
My immediate response to the tragic death of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant was almost as shocking to me as the incident itself....
