Tag: jul 05 2018 issue
What has become of the American farm?
Eating Animals is not out to tell you to become a vegetarian. Instead, the new documentary, directed by Christopher Quinn and produced by Natalie...
50 years of wild and scenic rivers
The river had dropped two feet in as many days prior to our excursion, our guide told us. But the water in the Cache...
Weekly news roundup
Charges dropped against Castle Rock woman protesting family separation
On Friday, June 29, the District Attorney’s office of the 18th District announced it was dropping...
A mix of operas large and small drives the season at...
Pelham Pearce, general/artistic director of Central City Opera (CCO), insists, “there is method to my madness!”
The madness is expecting audiences to attend opera high...
Be Patient, Flower Girl
Be patient, flower girl.
Take time to grow,
Teach the importance of knowing.
Taking a look at perspective
It is always changing.
Leave dried seed heads and grasses
Pruned back...
Letters: 7/5/18
Time for Mayor Berg to resign or be recalled
Mayor Christine Berg has lost the privilege to represent the people of Lafayette. She should...
San Francisco’s suit against ExxonMobil goes up in smoke
Well that didn’t take long.
On April 17, Boulder sued ExxonMobil and Suncor for damages stemming from global warming caused by the carbon dioxide released...
Zero tolerance and the other family separations
Where was the outrage?
A lot of progressives have been in high dudgeon for the last couple of weeks over the “zero tolerance” policy of...
Schumer unveils bill to decriminalize marijuana
Two-thirds of Americans, most of whom are not stoners, believe marijuana should be decriminalized. So does Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is so...
Beaten dog syndrome: Enduring the days of Trump
Confession: I’m feeling exhausted and a bit overwhelmed.
And I suspect you are too, but what can we do? Take a break? Give up?
I’ve been...
Astrology 7/5/18
ARIES
March 21-April 19: Twentieth-century French novelist Marcel Proust described 19the-century novelist Gustave Flaubert as a trottoire roulant, or “rolling sidewalk”: plodding, toneless, droning. Meanwhile,...
How vicious is the GOP’s war on the poor?
Generals plan wars, but battlefield commanders do the bloody work.
So, meet HUD Secretary Ben Carson, a quiet but bloodstained commandante in General Trump’s relentless...
