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Stiff refreshment
In an era of bow-tied, mustachioed bartenders debating the merits and uses of house-made shrubs, molecular mixology and food-flavored liquors, sometimes it’s refreshing to return to the basics. With the advent of warmer weather, taste buds may start to crave the ...
Boulder is no Seattle
The high cost of living in Boulder County is old news. You won’t be surprised to read that a 2011 report showed the state minimum wage was already $3.61 shy of providing an individual with a self-sufficient wage even at that time. Self-sufficient meaning a person ...
Affairs of the world: Burgeoning CWA celebrates 62nd year
Burgeoning CWA celebrates 62nd yearJim Palmer attended his first Conference on World Affairs in 1966 as a film studies professor at the University of Colorado. He recalls hearing Ralph Nader speak about cars. Now, 44 years later, he’s still teaching full time, ...
American Life in Poetry: Column 546
They say that when undergoing cancer treatment, the patient’s attitude is all-important. Here Robert King, a poet now living in Colorado, looks with wit and bemusement at his chemotherapy. His most recent book is Some of These Days, (Conundrum Press, 2013...
Ski area bosses, conservationists should seek progressive solution for Eldora expansion...
The debate over a proposed expansion at Eldora Mountain Resort could easily break down along familiar fault lines, pitting the ski industry and the U.S. Forest Service against conservation advocates and community activists over a plan that envisions adding about 15 ...