A Conversation with Daniel Maté
YS talks about Gaza, the upcoming election, music, and childhood trauma in a wide-ranging interview Being in local, independent journalism is not an easy feat these days. My days are filled with more work than play, but at least the…
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‘The Right Thing To Do’ Tells Story of Role ‘61 CU Boulder Team Played in Integrating College Football
Tom Shanahan’s book tells a previously neglected story, bringing to light true champions of football integration In the midst of their locker-room celebration of Iowa State in the 1961 College Football Playoffs, the University of Colorado Boulder Buff’s chose to…
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Joe Must Go
As so many others have expressed, within a minute into the ill-named “debate,” I knew it was a certain train wreck. Biden looked like so many old men I observe going into a restaurant, for example, slack-jawed and confused –…
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The Girls in the Mirror
Jacquelynn Perkins’ solo show, Self-Portraits of My Sisters & Andrea Dratch’s accompanying film & performance piece, Shame on Me premiered at downtown Loveland’s artworks on April 12, 2024. “We had these girls in the mirror and we would sit and…
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Denver Police Officers Kill Trans Woman One Week Before Pride
False narratives and misgendering surround trans woman’s death On June 16th, one week before Denver held its 50th annual Pridefest, two officers and one sergeant fired a total of 12 rounds into an unhoused trans woman at the intersection of…
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Small Distillery, Big Flavors, and Big Accolades
Sprit Hound Distillers maintains international recognition We’ve all been there. An email arrives in our inbox and our spamdar immediately engages. Who is this person? Why are they reaching out to me? Do I dare click? That’s what happened to…
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Roadside Cross
On a sharp bend down a drunken HWY 78 between Columbus and Absarokee a white cross stands on the shoulder like a hitchhiker forever passed by in the daylight the weathered cross appears at peace nestled in the long grass and…
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Thou Shalt Not
Just one more reason to be glad I don’t live in Louisiana. Governor Jeff Landry just signed a law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom. He accompanied the law’s signing with the snickering comment,…
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