Back in the early 1970s, before Boulder decided that such things were too gauche for the older parts of town, an old and somewhat cranky Greek American man named George had a gas station at Broadway and Kalmia Avenue. I couldn’t tell you how much … [Continue reading]
Boulder’s ‘sequestration’ bomb
Do you hear that rumbling? That’s the sound of the next manufactured “fiscal crisis” from Washington, D.C. and it will start rising to crescendo over the next three weeks. You will soon hate the word “sequestration.” Don’t know the term? I found … [Continue reading]
Overplaying the ‘mental health’ card post-Newtown
Every time America suffers another mass killing by gunfire, as happened in Newtown, Conn. on Dec. 14, the suggestions for change to prevent the next incident — or perhaps reduce the chances of one occurring — start flying fast and … [Continue reading]
Boulder: It’s not about the elk
It’s not about the elk. In case you’ve been in Bhutan: Just before midnight on New Year’s eve, an on-duty Boulder Police officer, Sam Carter, allegedly blew away a six-point bull elk at close range with a shotgun (hardly your weapon of choice for … [Continue reading]
Let’s burn our ‘man cards’ and start again
Ben Fountain's bleakly hilarious "Billy Lynne's Long Halftime Walk" is one of the best novels published in 2012. It's the acid-etched story of the members of Bravo Company, caught on camera by Fox News during three minutes of a chaotic firefight in … [Continue reading]
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