Tag: dec 20 2018 issue
For success with New Year’s food resolutions, start early
Historians believe the first New Year’s resolutions were to pay debts and return borrowed objects. These days, the most popular ones have been to...
The king’s forest or the people’s lands
With tin cup in hand, fully clad in hunting camouflage, and with binoculars for spotting game strapped to his chest, Donald Trump Jr. sits...
Amendments to Boulder County’s Land Use Code approved
On Dec. 13, at a near-empty board meeting at the Boulder County Courthouse, proposed amendments to the County’s Land Use Code got the rubber...
Gardner, take two
Unfortunately, on Tuesday, Dec. 18., Colorado Senator Cory Gardner’s ninth-inning attempt to allow states to implement their own marijuana laws without federal interference —...
Echoing across the vista
After hauling backpacks weighing almost 100 pounds to 13,300 feet above sea level, waiting out a snowstorm and finally reaching the perfect spot on...
Gardner tries, but First Step Act fails to include cannabis provisions
Cannabis is still illegal on a federal level and the people with marijuana charges are still criminals with criminal records. That’s the message the...
Try this week: Carnitas street tacos, Earl Grey ice cream, and...
Carnitas Street Tacos
Tacos Aya Yay, 1206 Centaur Village Drive, Lafayette
The street tacos at Tacos Aya Yay are brilliant. Double corn tortillas hold together a...
The bacon convergence
I find myself standing at a stainless-steel table under bright fluorescent lights wearing tight bright blue gloves and holding a shiny, sharp blade. It’s a...
Mining for solar storms
In his recent book Accessory to War, astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson and coauthor Avis Lang document the historical relationship between science and the military,...
Know your brew: Winter warmers
For every month, there’s a beer: maibocks in May, märzen in September and winter warmers in December.
Also known as English-style old ales or strong...
Astrology 12/20/18
ARIES
March 21-April 19: Consumer Reports says that between 1975 and 2008, the average number of products for sale in a supermarket rose from about...
Letters: 12/20/18
Disappointed in Dems
I am at a loss to know what to do with certain thoughts and feelings following the mid-term elections.
I am relieved that...
