Tag: aug 18 2016 issue
Fueled by ripe, sweet New Haven peaches
I was just outside of Silt when the car started to smell like peaches. I figured if I had to drive from Grand Junction to...
Moving in seven directions
"This is my way home,” says Matt Bad Wound. He is one of several people making a 350-mile journey from Boulder, Colorado, to Pine...
Tour de brew: Finkel & Garf Brewing Co.
When you look at the Finkel & Garf crest, you might notice the toys first. The image of a Big Wheel, a robot and...
Vanishing ice; Planting trees
Putting numbers to vanishing ice
A paper published in Geographical Review in July announced the development of a database for all research about sea ice...
With rain barrels legal, what’s next for conservation?
As of last Wednesday, Coloradans can finally legally collect rainwater from their roof. It’s a small victory in the effort to manage water more...
Even paranoids have real enemies
This week’s scary marijuana headline comes to us compliments of the Medscape.com website. It reads: “Marijuana Tied to Persistent Subclinical Psychotic Symptoms in Teens.”
According...
ICUMI (In case you missed it)
U.S.A. for the win
There’s nothing like two-straight weeks of Olympic glory. Especially if you’re American and can’t help but cry at every medal we...
Letters: 8/18/16
Colorado congress is making change
Saving children is something our Colorado Representatives know well. I want to thank the representatives I’ve already worked with, those...
Dan Savage fills in for Dan Savage — Week 2
Dear Readers: I’m on vacation for three weeks—but you won’t be reading old columns in my absence, and you won’t be reading columns by...
The ‘them’ in ‘us versus them’
On the July 20 edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Michael Moore made an ominous prediction. He said, “I...
The DEA says ‘no’ to rescheduling marijuana
On August 11, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) rejected two petitions to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule II drug in...