A certain segment of our society repeatedly rejects science and the guidance it gives us on how to conduct our lives. The existence of evolution, climate change and the coronavirus […]
Fred Malo
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The church of the hypocrites
Submitted in Decemeber 2020 I have a Christmas present for all you Christians out there. This atheist’s going to tell you what’s wrong with your religion. Mohandas Gandhi was a […]
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Journalism in a capitalist society
Submitted in February 2021 Bachelor of Arts History and Journalism Indiana University 1973. Many job-oriented people would say I wasted my degree because I only worked for a newspaper fulltime […]
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Opinion: A positive start turns sour
It was heady days for the Colorado climate movement in 2019. Jared Polis, with a history of climate action, replaced John Hickenlooper after eight years of oil and gas industry […]
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God said, “The fire, not a flood next time.”
Did the smoke rising from last summer’s Grizzly Creek Fire scare the hell outta you? Was it frustrating to go outside because you thought you’d be safer from the coronavirus […]
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The View from the Therapy Pool: Celebrate, but don’t gloat
Shortly after the 2016 election, an evangelical Christian, fervent Trump supporter friend of mine was teaching me how to use Facebook. She had me call up a scene where a […]
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Racism in my college town
I was greatly distressed to hear Bloomington, Indiana, where I matriculated for four years in the 1960s and ‘70s at Indiana University, has become the latest battleground in what’s becoming […]
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Don’t forget the real superheroes
Never been much for superhero movies. I had some interest in Spiderman because Peter Parker is a teenager with real adolescent problems. Jack Nicholson’s creepy portrayal of the Joker made […]
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My climate story
As I stood on the Sopris Park gazebo looking out over the crowd that assembled for the Strike for Climate Action I organized last September, I had a combined feeling […]
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COGCC wants Garco to be a partner
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Director Jeff Robbins came to the Aug. 21 COGCC meeting in Glenwood Springs looking for a partnership with the Garfield County Board of County […]