Tag: jul 15 2021 issue
Yours for the Taking
I keep myself busy long enough to not remember the time.
I keep track of minutes best in the mountainsfeeling them passing like a rhythm...
As Lake Powell dwindles, wonders open up
On May 9, protected by neoprene, I bobbed around in a flooded canyon in Utah’s Lake Powell. The reservoir had fallen below 35% full,...
Toward a slaughter-free America
I remember my first chicken harvest, as it was euphemistically called. It was 1999 and I was 12. In a video of the event, you...
Letters 7.15.21
Toward the future
President Biden’s American Jobs Plan shows the type of leadership and initiative to take responsibility our country needs, while creating jobs and...
Engine 1’s Exxon insurgency
Long-suffering environmental activists cheered last month when an organized investor revolt forced ExxonMobil to add three climate-conscious directors to its corporate board. Despite nearly a generation...
News in brief
Draft CU South annexation agreement released
On Monday, July 12, the City of Boulder and University of Colorado released a draft annexation agreement regarding 308...
Disqualified for coping
When the USA Track & Field (USATF) released the Olympic roster on July 6, people around the country were equally frustrated and disappointed to...
Astrology 7/15
ARIES
March 21-April 19: In his poem “Litany,” Aries poet Billy Collins testifies that he is “the sound of rain on the roof.” He also...
Emotional arsonists
Dear Dan: I'm a 19-year-old girl who was dumped a few months ago. My partner found out he didn't like my body when we...
Taste of the week: Pho @ Pho Mi
Pho soup has gone from an exotic rarity in Boulder County and environs to a common menu item. The truth is, some of it...
In search of harmony
"I still get so excited talking about Belgian beers,” Brian Lutz, West Flanders Brewing Co.’s brewmaster, says. “I love the Belgian approach, which is...
Field of greens
If you fry it right, the fried chicken people will most definitely come. These folks — constantly disappointed by restaurant fried chicken — will...
