Tag: Nov 17 2016 issue
Travels with Trace
Midday in Brooklyn, and Trace Bundy is chilling after a “pretty much sold out” show the night before when Boulder Weekly catches up with...
Nixon explains why Trump won
The Idea Fairy and I were kicking back after the election when suddenly the door flew open and a shadowy figure emerged through the...
Bomb-sniffing spinach; Religious leaders and the environment
Tapping into chemical pathways
According to a study in the journal Nature Materials, scientists have nanoengineered a spinach plant that is able to detect the...
A taste of the ‘Pink City’
The late Keith Bellows, an award-winning editor for National Geographic Traveler, loved India.
“There are some parts of the world that, once visited, get into...
Tragic comedy
Exposition, conflict, action, climax, denouement — the pathway by which order falls to chaos in each of Shakespeare’s plays. How that order is restored,...
Takeaways from the election
When a political puck named Dick Tuck lost a California senate election in 1966, he said: “The people have spoken. The bastards.” ...
Becoming a ninja
At 16, Bobby Reedy knew he wanted to be a ninja — a ninja warrior, that is. To help him become a contestant on...
Tour de brew: Nitro Fest
He handed me the taster and I watched as the fine nitrogen bubbles rushed up the beer to the surface, spreading out along the...
The United States of stuffing
Stuffing is the Rorschach test of American foods. Tell me how you stuff your turkey and I’ll tell you who you are, where you’re...
