Colorado Daily Columnist

Casey Freeman

Casey Freeman writes Popular to Contrary Opinion, which prints in the Colorado Daily every Monday.

Popular to Contrary Opinion: Dating advice from a 20-year-old virgin

May 20, 2019 at 2:01 pm

I was a 20-year-old virgin. I’m not a virgin anymore, but I wish I had the 20-year-old body, lack of injuries and fearlessness again. Learning from my relationship mistakes made...

Popular to Contrary Opinion: Historical sites inspire horror, hope

May 13, 2019 at 2:48 pm

As I stepped off the bus from Osaka, I expected Japanese people to start throwing rocks at my white, American face. I didn’t experience that, though. I noticed a few...

Popular to Contrary Opinion: Nostalgia for Netflix

May 6, 2019 at 2:59 pm

Nearly 10 years ago, I left my family, friends, career and everything I knew so I could become a teacher in Korea. All of this was tough, but the toughest...

Popular to Contrary Opinion: A gray day in Poland

April 29, 2019 at 1:14 pm

Visiting Eastern Europe in January was a great idea. The crowds were smaller, rooms were cheaper and the weather was — well, not great, but I wasn’t going to Poland...

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Popular to Contrary Opinion: A new plan for Boulder housing

April 22, 2019 at 8:05 pm

Every other day, the Daily Camera reports how the daily commute of outsiders into Boulder hurts our city.

Popular to Contrary Opinion: Have mercy on customer service workers

April 15, 2019 at 12:41 pm

I tell everybody my most important job ever was my first job. Did I rescue penguins, plot courses for spaceships or teach kindergarteners the alphabet?

Popular to Contrary Opinion: Willing (but not wanting) to listen

April 7, 2019 at 8:21 pm

Last week, I talked about my annoying coworker who spends most of his day getting coffee, reheating coffee, talking about coffee, peeing or walking to the bathroom. This Baby Booming...

Popular to Contrary Opinion: An ill wind in the office

April 1, 2019 at 12:34 pm

In high school, I worked my first job at KFC. Through the luck of life, I ended up working with one of the first boys I fist-fought a few years...

Popular to Contrary Opinion: I just haven’t been published … yet

March 25, 2019 at 1:37 pm

Whenever my schoolteachers gave out writing assignments, I had to hide my excitement. While all the other kids hated putting words on paper, I always thought it was fun. Whenever...

Popular to Contrary Opinion: Coming out of the drug closet

March 18, 2019 at 2:07 pm

I saw the birth of the chain reaction that started the Big Bang and then watched the entire universe evolve until aliens came to visit me to inform me that...

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