Peace Train: Why I do not hate the United States
My love for the United States is expressed in my continued desire to be part of this country whatever its faults may be.
Opinion Columnists
Fantz in Your Pants: My tinnitus has a soundtrack and it’s called Musical Ear Syndrome
The symptom is quite rare, my doctor said, and is more common in women.
Peace Train: Thirteen theses for eco-socialism
Modern capitalist industrial civilization is directly responsible for global warming.
Audio File
Audio File: Finding joy in a time of worry
Reliving musical joy of playing with the world’s best stereo equipment.
Fantz in Your Pants
Fantz: Rescuing the underdog with Little Orphan Annie and RGB
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was always an array of beautifully inclusive colors, trying to survive a corrupt world.
On Air Next
On Air Next: Trio of records worth a listen
This time of year is truly special — the leaves turn, the days shorten, and the air becomes brisk and bracing.
Popular to Contrary Opinion
Popular to Contrary Opinion: My time as a reporter at the Colorado Daily
Do what you can to support your local paper.
Space Potato
Space Potato: A glitch in my giddy-up
If you work evening shifts, you will eventually find yourself wrenched out of deep REM in the middle of the goddamn night by the UPS driver delivering some over-packaged knickknack at 8 a.m. You'll also get used to frequent eye...
The China Monologues
The China Monologues: Keeping calm in tense reality
“Do you think they’ll recognize us?” I whispered to Manfriend. “Well, I haven’t seen too many other towering foreigners walking about,” he mumbled back. He was right. While exploring Zhangjiajie, in Hunan Province in China, we had seen surprisingly...
Under the Influence
Under the Influence: Sometimes you have to pee in the yard
We are all making up rules to a game we didn’t sign up to play.