Tag: Oct 06 2016 issue
ICUMI (In case you missed it)
Poor Bill: Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
Bill Clinton, aka Hillary’s husband, just can’t win. He has spent a good deal of...
The war to end the war on pot: Latest dispatches
Here are some of the latest dispatches in the war to end the war on marijuana.
The news from the eastern front is encouraging. New...
Letters: 10/6/16
No on 71
Corporate interests led by oil and gas promote Initiative 71, asserting “special interests” pollute Colorado’s Constitution. Banking several million dollars, corporate special...
The alt-right is invigorated
Recently, former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien said the network and other news outlets are “normalizing” white supremacists in their coverage of Donald Trump. Hillary...
The OSIRIS-REx mission: To Bennu and back
On Sept. 8, 2016, Dr. Vicky Hamilton watched as NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification Security, Regolith Explorer) lifted clear of Cape Canaveral’s...
What’s the word for America’s corrupt big bank system?
Stumpf” is a German adjective that means someone is obtuse, slow on the uptake, imperceptive... stupid.
Ironically, it also happens to be the surname of...
Heath care: A right or a privilege?
As Colorado voters weigh in on Amendment 69 this fall, they are the first in the nation to consider a single-payer health care system...
The curation of discovery: Part 2
This week’s serialized installment of The curation of discovery begins with a continuation of the conversation between myself and Ava Hamilton, an Arapaho and...
Tour de brew: Post Brewing Company
Saturdays are for many things, and beer and college football are at top of that list. But when the Buffs are in town, local...
We’re all in this together
The timing of the fourth annual Americas Latino Eco Festival (ALEF) could not be better. The United States is in the middle of a...
Gourd damned
They have been lying to us for decades. Almost everything we think we know about pumpkins, pumpkin spice and pumpkin pie is WRONG. There...
Local author personalizes sustainability
From the outside looking in, there is a lot to learn from centenarians, people who live to be one hundred years old or older....