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The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias
It has become increasingly obvious that we all, in one way or another, are shaped by a culture of rape. Last week, thousands of...
Ollin Farms’ Mark Guttridge: Boulder County ag can save the planet
Now is an important time in agriculture. It’s been said, perhaps best by renowned food writer Mark Bittman, that to care about food now...
The Smashing Pumpkins front man confronts reality
Less than two minutes into our conversation, Billy Corgan asks me to hang on. I hear a muffled and brief interaction he’s having with...
Chef Kyle Mendenhall on music and cooking
Kyle Mendenhall — the chef who helped launched The Kitchen’s national enterprise, and whose new restaurant, Arcana, was recently billed by the New York...
Off Country
We end, I think, at what might be called the standard paradox of the twentieth century: our tools are better than we are, and...
Putting the ‘p’ in Pixies
The Pixies rose out of the subcultural netherworlds to transform the frenzied and underground indie-punk movement into something the mainstream could understand, or at...
Who the hell is Tyler Bates?
It’s around one in the morning in Kiev, Ukraine, and Tyler Bates is just settling into his hotel room. It’s the first day of...
Municipalization: More important now than ever
In many ways I’m surprised and a bit saddened that I actually feel the need to write this explanation for why people should continue...
Looking at time
One late night last year M. Ward dreamt he was sitting in a smoky blues club watching Chuck Berry perform on the stage. In...
Off Target: Part 9
On Sept. 11, the State of Colorado filed a brief in response to the lawsuit brought against the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife’s...
Rights of nature lawsuit seeks personhood for the Colorado River
This article is part of Boulder Weekly’s ongoing examination of water in the West over the next several months, as climate change, infrastructure projects...
The dark side of patriotism
Vigorous support for one’s country.”
That is the simple definition of “patriotism” according to the dictionary. What sticks out to me is how patriotism,...
