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Fred Malo

Posted inColumns, Opinion, Uncategorized

Scientists have to prove it

by Fred Malo August 17, 2022November 17, 2023

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 […]

Opinion - The View from the Therapy Pool by Fred Malo
Posted inOpinion, Uncategorized

The church of the hypocrites

by Fred Malo July 6, 2022November 17, 2023

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 […]

Opinion - The View from the Therapy Pool by Fred Malo
Posted inOpinion, Uncategorized

Journalism in a capitalist society

by Fred Malo July 6, 2022November 17, 2023

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 […]

Posted inColumns, Opinion, Uncategorized

Opinion: A positive start turns sour

by Fred Malo October 27, 2021November 17, 2023

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 […]

Opinion - The View from the Therapy Pool by Fred Malo
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God said, “The fire, not a flood next time.”

by Fred Malo January 20, 2021November 17, 2023

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 […]

Posted inColumns, Uncategorized

The View from the Therapy Pool: Celebrate, but don’t gloat

by Fred Malo November 11, 2020November 17, 2023

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 […]

Posted inColumns, Uncategorized

Racism in my college town

by Fred Malo October 7, 2020November 17, 2023

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 […]

Posted inColumns, Uncategorized

Don’t forget the real superheroes

by Fred Malo September 16, 2020November 17, 2023

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

by Fred Malo August 19, 2020November 17, 2023

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

by Fred Malo September 9, 2019November 17, 2023

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 […]

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