Failure was never an option
In the spring of 1993, a recent California transplant set about the task of launching a new weekly paper in Boulder, Colorado, called Boulder Weekly. After 12 years of success in the newspaper...
View ArticleWhy Boulder Weekly is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president
If there is anything more perplexing to me than people who plan to vote for Donald Trump at the merciful end of this interminable presidential campaign, it is those who will not vote for Trump but plan...
View ArticleThe myth of vehicular privilege
As an avid cyclist who rides the trails and roads adjacent to Boulder almost every day, I read with great interest Matt Cortina’s article, “Crash Course,” in the Sept. 28 edition of Boulder Weekly. In...
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Boulder Weekly Staff Hall of Fame
As the company’s founder and publisher, my passion for and commitment to the success of Boulder Weekly has been a double-edged sword that has garnered both praise and criticism from my staff, past and...
View ArticleA new generation of leadership at the Weekly
Several years ago I became aware of a powerful yet simple model of life, called the Four Ashramas. According to Hindu tradition, each of the Ashramas, loosely translated as “stages,” has a name and...
View ArticleReferring to Kobe Bryant as a “rapist” is a technical foul
My immediate response to the tragic death of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant was almost as shocking to me as the incident itself. In the interest of full disclosure, I have been a Lakers fan...
View ArticleThere’s a dragon with matches that’s loose on the town
The current crisis is not the first time I have been tested in my life, nor will it be the last. For all of us, the human experience is a roller coaster ride with ups and downs, and the measure of our...
View ArticleProtecting the most vulnerable among us
The abject failure of our leadership in Washington has become increasingly clear as we struggle through the current crisis. While Trump and his co-conspirators have wasted valuable time attempting to...
View ArticleBitten by the cobra effect
On March 23, during one of his daily reelection campaign rallies, aka Coronavirus Task Force press briefings, Donald Trump stated, “We can’t have the cure be worse than the problem.” At the time this...
View ArticleDead & Company’s cancellation of Florida shows demonstrates the true spirit...
While in the midst of a critically acclaimed, 31-show tour, supergroup Dead & Company suddenly announced on September 28 the cancellations of its sold-out October 6 and 7 shows in West Palm Beach...
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Dear readers, supporters and community partners:
As we bid goodbye to 2009 and set our sights not only on a new year but a new decade, I would like to share with you some of what has happened during the past year at Boulder’s only independent...
View ArticleHe moved me brightly
%uFFFD Reflections on the 15th anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s death %uFFFD %uFFFD About 40 seconds into a 1967 CBS TV documentary about the then-growing Hippie movement in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury...
View ArticleBikes and ‘boarders
Editor’s note: This letter was e-mailed to each individual member of Boulder City Council. To our esteemed Boulder City Council members: Suzy Ageton, Matt Appelbaum, KC Becker, Macon Cowles, Crystal...
View ArticleA better time, a better hero
And now, batting fourth for the Twins, playing left field, No. 3, HARMON KILLEBREW.” “And here’s the pitch. Killebrew swings. And there’s a long drive to left field. Back. Back. Way back. It’s gone!...
View Article4/20 smoke-screen
There are so many angles from which to contemplate the wrong that CU is perpetrating with respect to its tactics to end the “4/20 smokeout” that one hardly knows where to begin. We should be deeply...
View ArticleJerry Garcia’s 70th
If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together … there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most...
View ArticleThe work that makes a difference
“How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to improve the world.” – Anne Frank (1929-1945) “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever...
View ArticleWhy the ‘Weekly’ makes political endorsements
“It is only in our decisions that we are important.” — Jean-Paul Sartre, 20th-century philosopher “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the...
View ArticleCan a business do well and do good?
As we pass another milestone in the Boulder Weekly journey — this one with a big 21 prominently displayed — I have a confession to make about this newspaper that has never been shared with our readers:...
View ArticleLadies and gentlemen, not the Grateful Dead
It has been almost 20 years since legendary Grateful Dead lead guitarist Jerry Garcia transitioned to the big acid test in the sky. And since Jerry left us, the debate has raged over whether the...
View ArticleSome folks look for answers
When promoter Peter Shapiro became aware of the article I wrote last month, “Ladies and Gentlemen, Not the Grateful Dead,” taking him to task for the way ticket sales were handled for the Grateful...
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The Grateful Dead “Fare Thee Well” Report Card
John Lennon died on Dec. 8, 1980, breaking the hearts of millions of fans and laying to rest any hope of a Beatles reunion. During the ensuing years, the remaining members of the band carried on by...
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