Everyone just stopped talking. It was 1972 and we Boulder kids got only the barest, terrifying details before silence set in: Two 11-year-old girls -- one on her birthday -- had been kidnapped near the University Hill home of the birthday … [Continue reading]
When Bilbo Baggins came to Boulder
At midnight Thursday, filmmaker Peter Jackson’s long-awaited first “Hobbit” film will hit theaters across the United States. Fans of author J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings,” and those of Jackson’s celebrated 2001-2003 … [Continue reading]
The world won’t end after the election
Come Tuesday, let’s hope we know who will be the next president of the United States. It’s been a grueling haul. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t feel slimed by this long, money-infected, vituperous “campaign.” Two sides insisting that if the other … [Continue reading]
Boulder: When everyone stopped talking
Everyone just stopped talking. It was 1972 and we Boulder kids got only the barest, terrifying details before silence set in: Two 11-year-old girls — one on her birthday — had been kidnapped near the University Hill home of the birthday … [Continue reading]
Book review: ‘The Dog Stars’ by Peter Heller
In his fascinating 2008 book, "The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't -- and Put Ourselves in Danger," Canadian journalist Daniel Gardner notes that every generation fears the future and tends to idealize the past -- a flawed … [Continue reading]
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