Tag: jul 19 2018 issue
Arguing with Something My Dharma Teacher Said
There was a bumper sticker in Colorado in the 90’s that said, “Shit Happens” — you remember the one? The next one was a...
When the human world is a mess
On the fourth consecutive day of “too hot” this summer, an afternoon at the beach starts to sound real nice. But, living in this...
A nice metaphor for life
Andrew Duhon took one geology class in college, the class we all took; you know, rocks for jocks with the football players. While the...
Waiting for birdsongs
Songwriter Kina Grannis has learned to let songs creep up on her. They always have a way of finding her — even if she’s...
The nose knows
Shakespeare purists shake their fists and gnash their teeth when a Shakespeare festival includes works by playwrights other than the Bard. From a pedantic...
Kid, you’re gonna go far
Meet Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher); she’s 13, lives in a suburban home with her single father (Josh Hamilton) and is about as put together...
Surreally ambitious
The year’s best films thus far — writer/director Ari Aster’s Hereditary and writer/director Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You — have two major similarities:...
Connections
Dear Dan: Longtime Savage Love fanboy with a bit of a conundrum — and it’s your fault! I’m a bi man in my 30s....
Tales from Rocky Flats, and why it should stay off-limits
It’s not often that I find myself endorsing anything that the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center has its fingerprints on, but I agree...
Kung fu cuisine
Only in New York could this happen:
Steve Redzikowski’s older brother goes off to join the Marines. He tells Steve, “You need a job, you’re...
Oil industry borrows page from Trump/Russia dirty-tricks playbook
It seems like only yesterday when Comrade Trump was stealing the presidential election. We all now know he had plenty of help from Vladimir,...