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It is what it is
Shifting gears” is one of those colloquialisms that, once hatched as an automotive term, has slithered its way into the irretrievably tainted waters of...
Conservation for All, even renters
Energy conservation and efficiency programs tend to benefit people who own their homes. But a new program in Boulder aims to make home energy...
Licking the plate clean
Once, as I was walking across the intersection of 30th Street and Arapahoe Avenue, a carload of tourists at a stoplight asked me for...
Pedaling to Standing Rock
As resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in North Dakota has grown throughout the year, Scott Mackenzie-Low felt the personal call to join...
Why we should reach across borders, not close them
A nation’s border is nothing in and of itself. It’s just an inanimate line that has no philosophy, personality, feelings or meaning — beyond what...
Dispatches from Standing Rock
It’s a long way to North Dakota at 40 mph. We found that out last Thursday evening, Nov. 17, when a carload of journalists...
A new beginning
It’s clear in Sarah Anderson’s voice: the vocalist and trumpeter of Denver-based band Paper Bird is clearly a little nervous. It’s three days after...
Saving Thanksgiving
If you are hosting Thanksgiving at your house today, complete with “Alice’s Restaurant” playing in the background, you probably won’t read this until well...
You want it, you got it
Many Americans wanted big change this year. A majority of voters in a nationwide Election Day exit poll by Reuters/Ipsos agreed that “America needs...
‘It’s been a good ride’
Although both are retiring at the end of the year, don’t expect Josie and Rollie Heath to retreat to a secluded beach on a...
A star is born
One of the many pleasures of going to the movies is the discovery of new ideas, new voices and new faces. Last weekend, that...
‘The biggest case on the planet’
When Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, Mary Wood, law professor and faculty director of the Environmental and Natural Resources (ENR) Law Center at the...
