Tag: jun 21 2018 issue
On my Mom’s dying
She saw my first breath.
I saw her last.
And,
in between,
many days of
smiles, shouts,
puddles, clouds
thoughts
deluded, denuded,
eluded...
Letters: 6/21/18
On nuclear power
Mr. Danish, we already have more than enough radioactive waste for which we have no safe solution (Re: “The cost of killing...
Not more, just better
The morning after her wedding, Sunny Stroeer meets me at the South Mesa trailhead at 8 a.m. sharp. As I pull into the parking...
The Moving Finger writes: CO2 in the atmosphere continues to increase
“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor...
If not now, then when?
John F. Kennedy once said, “Today our concern must be with the future. For the world is changing. The old era is ending. The...
The new American aristocracy
Multibillionaire brothers, Charles and David Koch, want to supplant America’s core democratic principle of majority rule — i.e., the will of the people —...
Protestors shut down Lafayette City Council meeting before oil and gas...
A group of about 50 protestors forced the Lafayette City Council to adjourn on Tuesday, June 19, before the Council could vote on an ordinance...
Weekly news roundup
Lawsuit dropped against Lobe, Bella Romero protestors
On June 20, a small group of people gathered in the Weld County Courthouse in support of Cullen...
What Would Tony Do?
I’ve been writing Nibbles for 30 years or so. Some columns have virtually written themselves. This one has been agony, a bitter pill to...
Crack, twist, crush and slurp
Most people tip-toe up to the table and say, ‘Woah, this is weird. Crawfish? Like mini-lobsters?’ And they don’t know how to eat them,”...
Try this week: Austin steak sandwich, mojo chicken and more
Austin Steak Sandwich
Waterloo, 817 Main St., Louisville, waterloolouisville.com
Waterloo’s Austin steak sandwich falls somewhere on the meat sandwich spectrum between the Philly cheese steak and...
Know your brew: Lager
Much like penicillin and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, lager’s genesis was accidental. As the story goes, lager was discovered in Bavaria (or neighboring Bohemia,...
