Tag: may 23 2019 issue
Rebuilding bridges
Several years ago, as James Johnson was walking around Costco, a little girl came up to him, touched his arm and said, “You’re black.”...
Spring is here
Spring in Colorado comes with melting snow, precipitation and rushing stormwater. But impermeable surfaces like driveways, sidewalks and streets prevent the runoff from soaking...
Hard feelings
Dear Dan: I keep running into the same issue with my best friend of five years. (She’s also my maid of honor at my...
‘How do we know we’re dreaming?’
Some movies are better left misunderstood. A Long Day’s Journey Into Night might be one of those movies. Sure, if you wanted to, you...
Sun Gazing
Sunlight’s fingered rays reaching through the clouds tired of being cold I turn my eyes toward the deep blue skies yearning to break free from this Santa Fe world there is...
There’s something about Béla
The concept is simple: Put a droll, middle-aged guy with a banjo on his knee in command of the legendary stage where John Lennon,...
When pot legalization fails: Plan B’s and ‘consolation prizes’
Democrats emerged from the 2018 election with control of state legislatures in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Illinois and New Mexico, where Democratic candidates...
Advocate for veteran access to cannabis this Memorial Day
This Monday we’re supposed to clear the snow off our grills and celebrate the first vaguely patriotic holiday of the summer: Memorial Day Weekend....
Astrology 5.23.19
ARIES
March 21-April 19:In the coming weeks, I suspect you will have the wisdom to criticize yourself in constructive ways that will at least partially...
Letters: 5/23/19
Partial Mueller report
Was there collusion, conspiracy or crime? Of course not, didn’t need to be. The Russians interfered to help Trump. Putin admitted he...
China’s new cyber totalitarianism
Human Rights Watch has released a report on human rights abuses in the world’s largest totalitarian state — the People’s Republic of China. And...
Ginning up
Let’s start with some fun facts: 70 percent, at least, of the gin produced in the U.K. comes from Scotland. Three of the world’s...