We owe a great debt to the printing arts, and I don’t mean what gets sprayed onto precisely sized sheets of bleached dead trees as it lurches its way out of that plastic box on your desk when you click…
Coyotes have been known to eat small prey such as mice and rabbits. But as these former rural dwellers become more and more urban, dogs and cats find themselves on the menu as well. Three coyote attacks in Boulder have…
In every bookstore in America, dozens of different diet books will replace Christmas merchandise as December becomes January and thoughts of sugar plums become thoughts of elastic waistbands. Resolutions to climb Fourteeners or run the Bolder Boulder will be made.…
My nostalgia for Thanksgiving dinner extends this year to the Cretaceous Period. Yes, I’ll be feasting on dinosaur, or at least a cousin about 75 million years removed. Not Tyrannosaurus Rex or Stegosaurus or a Velociraptor—although I’m frightened to learn…
It’s Tuesday but just barely. I’m meeting Andy Hall and his ferruginous hawk, Tony Stark, at a Starbucks. The sun won’t show up for at least another hour. In this early part of the falconry season, Hall explains, it’s best…
It’s the beginning of a long and cantankerous month of candidate interviews for the mid-term elections of 2010. So far, things are going swimmingly. Still, as this candidate and I talk about the deficit, unemployment rate, taxes and healthcare policy,…
There’s something about a secret that just makes everything more exciting. Surprise parties, secret rendezvous and private dinners all take on a special, surreal quality above and beyond their well-publicized counterparts.
TOOLS Both public and private schools are investing in specific tools to make kids ready for the real world. It’s all about exploring modern technology to keep kids on the cutting edge while ensuring they understand the basics.