Tag: oct 25 2018 issue

He’s not your friend…

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Dear Dan: I’m a gay male, and one of my good friends has put me in a strange position. The friend has been married...

A lesson in unintended consequences

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“What about the ROUS?” “Rodents of unusual size? I don’t think they exist.” — Princess Buttercup and Westley in The Princess Bride Bad news Westley, they...

‘West Side Story’: 61 years old and still as relevant as...

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Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story opened on Broadway just over 61 years ago — Sept. 26, 1957 — but for Leigh Holman, the story...

The last dance

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Dusk fell outside the Bustop Gentlemen’s Club on Broadway at the far edge of north Boulder. Skye, a Bustop regular dressed in a miniskirt...

Letters: 10/25/18

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Vote for Weiser Phil Weiser is pro-choice. George Brauchler is not pro-choice. They are both running for Colorado Attorney General, a role that some have described as...

‘Breathe like you are giving birth’

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Paper Cut, the new play by Andrew Rosendorf, produced by Boulder’s Local Theater Company, ends with two men on a beach, one fallen into...

Our shared Boulder County dilemma: A response to Joel Dyer

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I want to thank Joel Dyer for his Oct. 11, “My Willmeng Dilemma.” It’s written mainly about my candidacy for Boulder County Commissioner, but also...

Some nasty unintended consequences of Prop 112

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Back in the early 1970s someone asked Colorado’s then-Senator Gordon Allott if he would favor moving the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons plant because it...

Empowering the people

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Is it possible to get public policies out of our political system that benefit common people rather than moneyed elites? Yes! We the people can...

The real fight against fake news

Fake news is not a new thing. With the return of its annual list of censored stories in Censored 2019: Fighting the Fake News...

The Day of the Dead in Cusco, Peru

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"Would you like to go to the cemetery this afternoon?” The question, posed by Pavel, my Peruvian tour guide whom I’ve only just met outside...

Try this week: Ricotta gnocchi, mapo tofu, and more

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Ricotta Gnocchi with Mushroom Pesto Monzu food truck, Mobile, Boulder County, 970-823-3836 So, apparently food trucks can do anything now. We thought it would be impossible for Monzu...