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Weekly news roundup
A win for victims of abuse at the Colorado Supreme Court
On Monday, May 21, the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of victims...
School is in session
In School of Rock The Musical, wannabe-rock legend Dewey Finn poses as a substitute teacher in order to make some extra cash. When describing...
The grill is gone
It’s a matter of definition, not to mention a question of taste.
“Barbecue” can variously mean a cuisine, a method of cooking and a kind...
Climbing goes mainstream
The visual skyscrapers called the Flatirons that dominate our skyline have always attracted attention. From the first ascent of the third Flatiron by Earl...
Oliver North, the NRA’s new poster boy
Oliver North recently became the president of the National Rifle Association (NRA). The organization’s CEO, Wayne LaPierre, said North “is a legendary warrior for...
You can’t turn your back on the blues
Faces/Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood once said the blues is “part of the makeup of modern music. You can’t turn your back on the...
Growing roots
It’s a cold day in late April, blustery and damp, so the farmers at DeLaney Community Farm in Aurora are bundled up. It’s the...
The cost of killing nuclear power
”For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’”
— John Greenleaf Whittier
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t’s been obvious for a...
Weekly news roundup
City ordinances continue to criminalize homelessness, according to new report
Colorado policymakers are continuing to criminalize homelessness at record rates, according to a new report...
‘Honed in the fires of bee hell’
Einstein supposedly once said that mankind would only have four years left on the planet if bees were to go extinct. The logic is...
Tommy, can you hear me?
For some, childhood is filled with wonder and happy memories. For others it’s riddled with real-life nightmares and family secrets. For Tommy Walker, it’s...
Climate change, the GOP and Trump
The Republican Party is “the most dangerous organization in world history,” argues Noam Chomsky.
The GOP controls the entire national government — executive, legislative and...
