This Week's Sign of the Apocalypse


Seems USA Today got a little higher than expected on a map of the country that shares the paper’s name. In a story about pot being smuggled out of Colorado to other Western states, the accompanying infographic put the Colorado square in the Wyoming hole. Although the error was quickly spotted – and skewered on social media – and fixed, we’re not sure what’s worse: that mapmakers don’t know where Colorado is, or that a map to show everyone else where it is (or isn’t) was needed in the first place.

In this week's issue...

May 15, 2025
End of the trail

Despite tariff pause, Colorado bike company can’t hang on through supply chain chaos

May 8, 2025
Shared pain

Dismal trend highlights need to cut usage in Upper Basin, too

April 24, 2025
A tale of two bills

Nuclear gets all the hype, but optimizing infrastructure will have bigger impact