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October 28, 2008 Like 0 editor

I just received a copy of the Yellow Scene, and I am outraged by the cover (“Scary Good Costumes,” October). We have a candidate for the office of vice president inciting crowds to chant kill him and you have the…

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The Super Bowl for Journalists

October 28, 2008 Like 0 editor

Accountants have tax season, professional sports players the playoffs and retailers the holidays. Journalists are stuck covering these stupid elections.

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A Place for Elitism

October 28, 2008 Like 1 James Burrus

In this presidential election season, as has been the case in recent election cycles, the terms “elitist,” “elitism” and “elite” have been hurled as a pejorative; an epithet from which one must flee. It’s nearly as bad as being pegged…

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Yellow Scene’s Election Endorsements

October 16, 2008 Like 2 editor

We usually hate to spoil what’s coming out in our print edition, but our November issue comes out a little late for all you politically-minded readers who are voting via mail-in ballots. We’ve spent the last month talking to the…

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Get a Brain, Get in the Game

October 7, 2008 Like 1 editor

Polls are jet fuel for the news media. They give the partisan pundit gasbags something “new” to talk about—who’s ahead and by how much, how the latest political ad is changing opinions—and analyze ad nauseam on nearly a daily basis.

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Waiting For Your Number

October 7, 2008 Like 0 Graphics

Some lotteries you don’t want to win. I’m sitting here, sore butt on a wooden end table in a room packed with everyday people just like me and you, hoping my number, twenty-seven, seventy five, doesn’t get called. It’s barely…

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October Letters to the Editor

October 7, 2008 Like 0 Graphics

"You guys are showing your bias (“A Republican in Boulder,” September)! How about “A Democrat fighting for respect in RED Colorado Springs!” I threw your magazine away."

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It’s Noble to be Nobel

September 8, 2008 Like 0 editor

From a purely statistical point of view, it’s not surprising that Boulder rakes in a lot of scientific accolades and awards. One in 25 adults (older than 25) has a Ph.D in something and a whopping 53 percent of its…

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September Letters to the Editor

September 8, 2008 Like 0 editor

...Furthermore, I find these types of catty Liberal attacks embarrassing for the entire Democratic Party. I can’t say I agree fully with either party, but the inappropriate means to constantly discredit President Bush are outrageous. ...

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