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The Best Meal Ever at the Gold Hill Inn

Dec. 1, 2010

Dinner at the Gold Hill Inn is always a special occasion, but no visit to the inn was more special than the one my partner Sue and I made Sept. 23.

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Why the Sundial Faces North

Sept. 1, 2010

A column from Paul Danish on the history of the sundial outside of Norlin Library.

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You Can Never be Too Smart or Too Thin

June 1, 2010

A couple of years ago a Forbes magazine survey concluded that Boulder was the smartest city in the country. Now comes word from the Gallup Poll that Boulder is the second thinnest.

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Big Oil In, Big Science Out

March 1, 2010

Big changes are coming to Boulder County. Big oil is moving in. Big science is moving out.

scott carpenter

“Buffanaut” Herd Stampedes Into Space

Dec. 1, 2009

By the time President John F. Kennedy gave his Sept. 12, 1962, speech making the case for America to go boldly into space, one CU alum had already been there and done that.

Roland Rautenstraus

CU's High-Flying President

Sept. 1, 2009

Columnist Paul Danish reflects on his time as a speechwriter for Roland Rautenstraus.

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Boulder Should Go Nuclear

June 1, 2009

Like more than 900 cities, Boulder has voluntarily committed to meeting the Kyoto Protocol’s greenhouse gas reduction targets. And, like all but two of those cities, it is failing to meet its goals.

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CU's Most Infamous Alum

March 1, 2009

A column by Paul Danish on CU's most infamous alum.

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