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Colorado’s role in California’s Porter Ranch disaster
It is eerie in Porter Ranch. It feels like an uber-rich Mayberry, if the Mayberry gas utility started leaking massive quantities of methane and...
‘Knee Deep’ chronicles community after Boulder flood
When filmmaker Aly Nicklas watched the rising waters of the Boulder flood in 2013 wash away the homes of her friends, she needed to...
Batter up: savory pancakes inspire kitchen creativity
I had left Mom and the McGill University cafeteria behind circa 1973, and faced the prospect of feeding myself for the first time. Our...
No right way to ride a bike
As biking becomes more popular, bike technology gets more advanced. Built on carbon frames with titanium cranksets, hydraulic disc brakes and 3-D printed saddles,...
Poet Amber Tamblyn fills in the blanks
In 1932, actress Peg Entwistle jumped off the letter H in the Hollywoodland sign and tumbled to her death. She was 24. In 1967,...
Is Trump a fascist or just marinated?
Former Mexican Presidents Vicente Fox (2000-2006) and Felipe Calderon (2006-2012) say Donald Trump reminds them of Hitler.
So does former New Jersey Governor Christie Todd...
STFKR’s Josh Hodges muses on identity
Josh Hodges, architect of indie upstart band STRFKR, isn’t a nobody. So it should come as a surprise to hear he aspires to be...
Skijoring descends on Minturn
Lightening acceleration. Blistering speeds. Crashes and podium finishes. Teamwork and tradition. These are the elements of skijoring, an obscure sport with a rich history...
Artist Chris Huang gets inspiration from nature
Some years ago while living in Tucson, artist Chris Huang became close friends with a woodworker. When the woodworker was finished with certain projects,...
Decision time… again
Mary Smith takes a seat with her back to the crowd, some two-dozen people gathered in the third-floor hearing room of the Boulder County...
Will Boulder’s culinary diversity go as strip malls go?
Ras Kassa’s was the coolest culinary anomaly I’d ever encountered in my food writing life. It was an Ethiopian roadhouse set in a Twilight...
Economists agree with Bernie
The popularity of Bernie Sanders marks “the end of the politico-ideological cycle opened by the victory of Ronald Reagan at the 1980 elections,” according...
