Tag: aug 25 2016 issue
Say ‘no’ to a lame duck vote on TPP
In their desperation to enact the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “trade” agreement, proponents are pressing for a vote during the post-election “lame duck” Congress....
Syria and progressives
Earlier this year, scholar and journalist Idrees Ahmad penned a scathing piece on Medium.com entitled “Aleppo is our Guernica — and some are cheering...
Longmont Laugh Fest is no joke
What goes together better than beer and comedy?
Locally brewed beer and locally brewed comedy. Good thing this weekend’s Longmont Laugh Fest features both.
“Beer...
Dan Savage fills in for Dan Savage — Week 3 (Also:...
DEAR READERS: This is the final week of my summer vacation — but you’ve been getting a new column every week I’ve been gone,...
Hard not to Laika
"Show your work.”
That statement is both an admonition given by rigid mathematics instructors and part of the reason why stop-motion animation continues to captivate....
Lady liberty triumphant
If a revolution could ever be distilled into a single image, then let it be Delacroix’s commemoration of the French Revolution’s July 1830 victory,...
‘Lies, damn lies, and statistics’
An old saying asserts that falsehoods come in three escalating levels: “Lies, damn lies, and statistics.” Now, however, there’s an even-higher category of lies:...
Illuminating content
Dear incoming film students, take a moment to learn from those who came before you, and please heed Derek Cianfrance’s advice: “Be where you...
