Opinion | Biff America: High times, bright colors
“Fun times!” Ellie said. “Today we are going to start high and stay high.” Had my mate made me that promise decades ago, it would have a much different meaning. Now it meant that we...
Letter to the editor: We ask Senate to pass CORE Act to serve Colorado’s interests
Thank you to Rep. Joe Neguse for his tireless leadership in passing the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The CORE Act includes the previous Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness...
Letter to the editor: Stop trying to help; you’re only making it more expensive
After reading the story “Mark and Deb Spiers honored as the Spirit of the Summit in annual philanthropy awards,” I’m left wondering why pharmaceutical executives are helping Summit County residents with the Peak Health Alliance...
Letter to the editor: Summit County homeless need and deserve more
Homelessness is on the rise in Summit County. Over 15% of the residents are living below the poverty line. As housing prices continue to skyrocket, more people will be forced out of available housing. As...
Mountain Wheels: Acura’s MDX gains low-key flash in the AWD A-Spec edition
Over the years, Acura’s MDX has been a favorite of the mid-upscale SUV set. But I had forgotten that it’s still one of the more pleasant and even vaguely sporty examples of a now-overcrowded category,...
Walking our Faith: What is the purpose of life?
“Every day in every way I am getting better and better.” This aspirational statement greeted me when I opened my Happier Mind journal this morning to write out a gratitude list. Is that true? But...
Ask Eartha: How to set up food scrap recycling at home
Dear Eartha, I’m concerned about raccoons getting into my food scrap bin. How can I prevent that? Food scraps attracting wildlife is a legitimate concern in our area. Thanks to the 1A Strong Future initiative...
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Educated becoming more liberal
Apparently, a trending idea is that college-educated people are becoming more liberal. So says a 2015 Pew Research Center study, cited in a 2016 NPR story and more recently in an opinion piece written by...
Letter to the editor: Congress, Republicans must hold President Trump accountable
It’s fast approaching election, and local Democrats are enthusiastically getting behind their candidates. But I’m a lifelong Republican, and while I have proudly supported our party’s candidates for years, we are now stuck with a...
Letter to the editor: All this ‘help’ is actually hurting working people like me
I find it interesting that the leaders of Summit County, in public, claim to want to help county locals by reducing living expenses. Then county officials push tax measures like 1A in 2018, which forced...
Letter to the editor: Urge Sen. Cory Gardner to support CORE Act
Thank you Rep. Joe Neguse and Sen. Michael Bennet for the CORE Act, which will protect 400,000 acres of critical wilderness and wildlife habitat across Colorado. For the past 25 years, the volunteers of Eagle...
Home Cooking: A quick and easy Thanksgiving in 3 dishes
A quick and easy Thanksgiving in three dishes? It’s possible! You can prep these dishes a day or two in advance and reheat them on Thanksgiving. Ask guests to bring appetizers and pie, and everyone...
Letter to the editor: Summit County residents, businesses support ‘Dreamers’
As Summit County business owners and employers, we are writing to ask Colorado Sens. Michael Bennett and Cory Gardner to support our local Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, also known as “Dreamers.” Dreamers, including...
Letter to the editor: Stories of funny bear behavior from times gone by
I’m with the bears. They were here first. And they’re interesting: As a canoe guide at Camp Minogyn on the Gunflint Trail in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, I sit up one morning to look out the...
Opinion | Morgan Liddick: The fall of the Berlin Wall
In my china cabinet, there is a small tea service from a country that no longer exists. Four bone china teacups and saucers, four cake plates, a teapot, cream pitcher and sugar bowl. They are...
Thinking Outside the Classroom: The transit of Mercury
The Earth’s orbit around the sun is what gives us our four seasons, some longer than others. It’s also what gives us an ever-changing night- and daytime sky. At Keystone Science School, we often use...
Biff America: Elegant violence and buffed dudes
My father once said seeing his youngest son grow up to be a liberal made him wish birth control was retroactive. My dad’s and my political arguments began long before I reached voting age. We argued...
Letter to the editor: Timberline Disposal is dumping recycling into the landfill
It appears that Timberline Disposal & Recycling continues to drop the ball and provide substandard service to the residents of Summit County. On Friday, at my condo complex, I noticed the trash pickup dumping the...
Letter to the editor: Restaurants should notify customers when they’re closed
Many local restaurants close for a couple weeks in fall and spring. But on consecutive days this week, we went to a prominent restaurant — one in Frisco, the other in Dillon — having checked...
