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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...
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%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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