Tag: mar 14 2019 issue

The sins of the grandfather

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Dear Dan: My grandfather was a pillar of the community and beloved by his family. He was also sexually abusive. He died when I...

Not a question of where, but why

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Watching movies in 2019 is no longer a question of where, but why. It could be everywhere: Multiplexes, art house theater, film societies, living rooms,...

The last names on the wall

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As I wind my way north on the narrow two-lane road, I realize Wyoming can’t be far off. I squint over the steering wheel...

Letters: 3/14/19

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Stop pretending that France’s gas tax was a carbon tax French President Emmanuel Macron buckled under a yellow-vested hurricane of opposition after his well-intentioned attempt...

The race question

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The U.S. Supreme Court last month agreed to expedited consideration of a case challenging the constitutionality of adding a citizenship question — Are you...

My brightest dancer

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When Shara Nova laughs, it’s like a break in storm clouds. You can feel warm sunlight flooding over everything in the general vicinity, vanquishing...

Court program seeks to reduce active warrants in one fell swoop

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The legislative season at the State House is in full swing and buried amid controversial bills that would repeal the death penalty, further regulate...

Blurring the lines

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The Lafayette Electronic Arts Festival (LEAF) is a place for hackers. Not hackers like Gary McKinnon or Albert Gonzalez, but hackers like Brian Eno,...

NFL considers change to cannabis policy

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The National Football League (NFL) is finally ready to chill, at least when it comes to cannabis. According to a report from NBC Sports...

With little drama, New Mexico moves toward legal marijuana

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Ever since Colorado voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, the state has been a little like West Berlin during the Cold War — an...

Robot farmers — bull, bull, bull, bull!

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How’re you gonna keep ’em down on the farm after they’ve seen... Angus? Not “Angus,” the breed of cattle, but Angus, the 1,000-pound “farmer...

Musically appealing, educationally valuable

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The University of Colorado Eklund Opera Program is doing something it has never done before: performing a full opera in Russian, with English surtitles. The...