Tag: jul 19 2018 issue
Arguing with Something My Dharma Teacher Said
There was a bumper sticker in Colorado in the 90’s that said, “Shit Happens” — you remember the one? The next one was a...
When the human world is a mess
On the fourth consecutive day of “too hot” this summer, an afternoon at the beach starts to sound real nice. But, living in this...
A nice metaphor for life
Andrew Duhon took one geology class in college, the class we all took; you know, rocks for jocks with the football players. While the...
Waiting for birdsongs
Songwriter Kina Grannis has learned to let songs creep up on her. They always have a way of finding her — even if she’s...
The nose knows
Shakespeare purists shake their fists and gnash their teeth when a Shakespeare festival includes works by playwrights other than the Bard. From a pedantic...
Kid, you’re gonna go far
Meet Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher); she’s 13, lives in a suburban home with her single father (Josh Hamilton) and is about as put together...
Surreally ambitious
The year’s best films thus far — writer/director Ari Aster’s Hereditary and writer/director Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You — have two major similarities:...
Connections
Dear Dan: Longtime Savage Love fanboy with a bit of a conundrum — and it’s your fault! I’m a bi man in my 30s....
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The unwinding of the Ronny/Donny test
Forget Helsinki, the U.S. president has compromised much more than the last shred of American respectability left in the...
Tales from Rocky Flats, and why it should stay off-limits
It’s not often that I find myself endorsing anything that the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center has its fingerprints on, but I agree...
Kung fu cuisine
Only in New York could this happen:
Steve Redzikowski’s older brother goes off to join the Marines. He tells Steve, “You need a job, you’re...
Oil industry borrows page from Trump/Russia dirty-tricks playbook
It seems like only yesterday when Comrade Trump was stealing the presidential election. We all now know he had plenty of help from Vladimir,...
