Just do your best. That’s probably the most common advice parents, teachers, and counselors give to kids. Nobody’s perfect, we remind them, and all we can ask is that they try hard and give their best effort. But do we really mean that? And, in this day and age, is their best enough? The free …
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History may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Today’s economic news has a familiar rhyme, at least to those old enough to remember the 1970s. Not disco music and leisure suits but the Jimmy Carter presidency. Carter popularized the phrase “Misery Index”, a simple numeric measure of how the average American is doing economically. …
Agriculture is vital to our very existence and we must have food to sustain our existence. Certainly we can have fake meatless varieties, vegan delights, and gluten free breads. But each of our food chain products goes through a major amount of development to reach the grocery store shelves and our dining room tables. I …
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Americans owe a great amount of gratitude and thanks to our food industry from the grassroots level of production of the raw foods, the processing and packaging, the distribution, and finally the grocery shelves at the local King Soopers, Safeway/ Albertsons, and other marketplaces. Let’s start at the beginning. Chicken is the most widely eaten …
I was heading to the office last Saturday morning when I spotted one of my friendly neighbors working in his yard. I pulled over, rolled down the window, and said. “Good morning.” David came to the car window and told me how much he had enjoyed reading about Barbwire Bob’s latest tale of how that …
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The media business has changed in recent years with blogs and social media and the internet bloated with information. Networks now have political identity, FOX for conservative views, the other networks lean left. I once liked CNN, started by Ted Turner and the best news source in America. While traveling in foreign countries I could …
SUBMITTED BY BOB DOYLE In 2019, the Colorado Legislature passed a bill (HB 1261) establishing goals for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in our state. These goals were further supported by Governor Polis’s GHG Reduction Roadmap which was completed in January of this year. The goals are a statewide GHG emissions reductions from 2005 levels …
I’ve been asked about the “Barb Wire Bob” column name. I’ll give you a brief explanation. As a youngster, growing up on a pioneer cattle ranch, I had a horse. My horse “Nancy” was my first steed at a very early age. She was a very gentle old mare that tolerated a very young rider. …
Beware the “Ides of March” comes from ancient Roman history and timelier, “April showers bring May flowers.” The spring rains have given new life to our lawns, shrubs, trees and Eastern slope’s wheat and corn crops. Starting this week, we have snow and freezing temperatures. While Colorado weather is unique, so is the news. It …
