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Will the City of Boulder suppress our right to vote?
Can you imagine if President Trump or the Attorney General tried to change the election rules in the middle of an election season? Can...
Unexpected capitalism on the Oregon Trail
His name is Figowitz, but everyone calls him “Cookie.” It fits him well. Not only is he the cook for this outfit of beaver...
A beleaguered food industry asks Congress for help
Here’s the price-tag to bail out the U.S. food industry following the massive disruption caused by the pandemic: $120 billion.
To start, at least.
On July...
Predicting the future: The internet and two old poems
“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” —Yogi Berra
Back in 1984 or 1985, the late Jerry Pournelle, sci-fi writer, futurist, computer geek...
Skin in the game
As Ryan Partridge was held in the Boulder County Jail over the course of nine months in 2016, his mental health quickly deteriorated. Previously...
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…
VIRTUAL EVENTS
Longmont Museum Virtual Summer Concert: Clandestine Amigo. 7:30 p.m.Thursday, July 2.
Live from Stewart Auditorium direct to your phone or computer, Clandestine Amigo brings...
Master Sommeliers with local ties renounce their pins
On June 17, Richard Betts (formerly of Boulder), announced his resignation from the Court of Master Sommeliers Americas (CMSA), saying the hallmark wine organization...
Black lives, the pandemic and unions
The gruesome and public extra-judicial murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis cop sparked a gigantic wave of protests, which surprised everyone. This is...
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…
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VIRTUAL EVENTS
Museum Virtual Summer Concert: Felonius Smith Trio. 7:30 p.m....
A modest proposal for settling accounts with America’s latter-day Red Guards
It was one of those war stories that if it wasn’t true, it should have been.
I first heard it in the 1960s during a...
Uncork an experience
In spring during normal years, Settembre Cellars Owners Blake and Tracy Eliasson would be passing out samples of their well-aged, single-varietal, Colorado-grown wines in...
Colorado education funding takes multi-million-dollar hit
Colorado students entering 10th grade in the fall will never have been in a fully funded public school classroom.
After recent cuts at the state...
