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Paris Review | American Inferno
Centralia has been on fire for almost fifty years. The mines under the town—a vast network designed to tap the veins of purplish anthracite coal that spread weblike throughout the county—have been burning since 1962. The conflagration [...]
WATCH: LWV 2B&2C Debate (1h 56m)
The League of Women Voters of Boulder County sponsored a debate on Ballot Issues 2b & 2C on September 21, 2011. You can watch it here on the Blue Line, at the LWV website, or go directly to the video on Vimeo.
Shareable | Architectural Myopia: Designing for Industry, Not People
In the last half-century, the clear result of “architectural myopia” is buildings whose makers have been so concerned with the drama of their appearance that they fail on the most fundamental human criteria. They isolate people; they do not [...]
WATCH: Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
I searched the web for a nice essay on Steve Jobs for today's Blue Line but found that most of them quoted his 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. I guess he said it best. Here it is, just 15 minutes long. (Here's the YouTube link for our email [...]
The Atlantic Cities | Should the Public Pay for Unprofitable Transit Routes?
We can crusade for the elimination of transportation services that cannot pay for themselves and in the process eliminate essential mobility for people who need to get around now, all the while hoping that the poor will at some point be handed [...]
Steamboats Are Ruining Everything | Bike salmon: omen or harbinger?
Last summer, I got a new bike, much easier to ride and much zippier than the hand-me-down I’d been using. A little high on my new confidence, I was for about twenty-four hours a somewhat aggressive, even reckless biker. I don't remember my sins [...]
New Era News | Top Ten Lies About Municipalization
There sure are a lot of talking points flying around out there about Boulder's move to create a municipal utility. And I know you've seen the online ads that Xcel is spending millions on. Here's a point by point rebuttal to each and every lie and [...]
The Atlantic Cities | The Math Behind Sacking Disposable Bags
A 2008 study by D.C.’s Department of the Environment found that plastic bags made up 21 percent of the trash in the Anacostia River, and more than 40 percent of the trash in its tributaries. Read the entire article at Atlantic Cities: The Math [...]
cleveland.com | Ohio State’s Gordon Gee still pay leader of public college presidents
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee remains the highest-paid president among 185 of the nation's public universities, according to a newly released survey of compensation. Gee, who has topped the Chronicle of Higher [...]
The Colorado Independent | New city of Boulder, NOAA study ties climate science to drought, water shortages
Colorado’s future looks extremely hot and dry if current climate trends continue, and the city of Boulder is being proactive in planning for more drought conditions, less water and a relatively crispy climate outlook all along the state’s Front [...]
