Tag: oct 26 2017 issue
Sustainability should not be legally impossible
I write today on behalf of the Boulder Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). This is our statement of solidarity with frontline communities worldwide, and in...
Ollin Farms’ Mark Guttridge: Boulder County ag can save the planet
Now is an important time in agriculture. It’s been said, perhaps best by renowned food writer Mark Bittman, that to care about food now...
Speaker for the dead
Yes, Colorado may be the state of craft beer but when one thinks of Colorado breweries, one towers over the rest like a snowcapped...
Helping heal the wounds of division
The massive 10-part PBS documentary series on the Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick starts by saying the war was “begun in...
Try this week: Sonoma hash, shepherd’s pie and more
Sonoma Hash
Olive and Finch, 1552 E. 17th Ave., Denver, oliveandfincheatery.com
Sunday mornings are meant for taking it easy (you’re welcome for that earworm). Olive and...
Don’t stop believin’
A musical can act as a snapshot of an era. Some center around the political and social movements of the time — Hair captures...
Time for Democratic Party leaders to get going — or go
Good news, people — at last, congressional Democrats have gotten a clue, grown some spine and are beginning to act like... well, like Democrats!
In...
Bike sweet home
Michael Saari measures his life in hills. Up. Down. Rest. Repeat.
The ritual is simple, yet strenuous; one he’s perfected during his three years traveling...
Astrology: 10/26/17
ARIES
March 21-April 19: I share Vincent Van Gogh’s belief that “the best way to know life is to love many things.” But I also...
Three dot pot shots… and the beat goes on
And the beat goes on (Part 1) ... The latest figures on marijuana arrests are out: In 2016 there were 653,249 tallied arrests for...
Hydroponic systems and seed loopholes
Between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, the 15 members of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will meet with...
Vanessa
Last week was the opening week of NBA basketball, and I was glued to the couch watching the 76ers play the Raptors in Toronto....