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Super Kid: Emma Fowler
Bette Williams, a third-grade teacher at Boulder Country Day School, sent us this essay about her super student, Emma Fowler, and we were so moved, we wanted to publish it exactly as she wrote it.
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Thanks, but no Thanks
To: Bobby Jindal I read your comments (“Jindal called for traditional Republican policies of tax cuts, less government involvement in the economy, and reliance on free markets and individual efforts. ‘The strength of America is not found in our government,’…
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A Pedi-Ephiny
One of the many lessons life has taught me is that the rewards of a good foot rub are legion. Getting one is an unmitigated pleasure anytime. Getting one at the end of a day spent hiking in the backcountry…
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One Last Cup of Coffee
There are so many seemingly inconsequential people in our everyday lives. The UPS guy, the lunch counter server, the mail carrier. The coffee shop lady. More often than not, we take these folks for granted, not acknowledging that it’s the…
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Extreme Dude Busted for Doping
News Flash: Shredders like the chronic. Tanner Hall is one of the most radical skiers of all time (featured in nearly every ski film of note the last few years), but that does not make him beyond the reach of…
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Boiling Point
1} Ground Zero for Softball Erie wants to be a player in Boulder County. Once a dusty little outpost on the plains, Erie has exploded in residential and commercial growth over the years. Now, the town is poised to steal…
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I’m A Bad Date, But Not As Bad As I Used To Be
A few years back, my relationship with my son’s father was on shaky ground, so I bought a minivan. Unfortunately the transmission failed about the same time as the relationship. It had been seven years since I was alone, and…
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The Village
No, it’s not a movie by M. Night Shyamalan. It’s a shopping center that’s been housing many of Boulder’s institutions for decades. All are independent, locally owned, with merchandise you won’t find anywhere else.
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What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Evolutionary psychologists take the story of Adam and Eve very seriously. Not because they don’t believe Darwin’s evolution is as revolutionary for the field of biology as Newton and Einstein were for physics, but because it asks the most crucial…
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12 Questions with the Reverend Horton Heat
Jim Heath isn’t exactly a man of the cloth, regardless of what his stage moniker conjured up. But the enduring psychobilly pioneer, known better to his fans as the Reverend Horton Heat, has maintained an almost priestly devotion to his…
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