Despite the growing trend against cannabis use at the start of the last century, certain ethnic groups without any stigma were using cannabis as a medical herb. Among these early medical marijuana fans were the Swedes, of which there was a sizable Colorado population in the 1890s. This find from…
Yesterday, we wrote about a poll showing that the vast majority of Coloradans think Governor John Hickenlooper shouldn’t have granted condemned killer Nathan Dunlap an execution reprieve. The issue is one that bring out passions in people, no matter their position. That’s certainly clear in the following post by a…
Denver blog posts run to daylight. At Mile High Report, Bronco Mike has a good feeling about rookie Montee Ball stepping in for the recently cut Willis McGahee. Denver Infill’s Ryan Dravitz has an update on the Walnut Flats project. Denver Egotist: Screw pedaling your bike, just fly it…
Back in the bad old days, when snorting cocaine was seen as a symbol of sophistication and cool, as opposed to indicating throwback sleaziness, the act of getting a line from that powdery, scratched up mirror to your nostril was often described as “Hoovering” — as in, “Did you see…
Westminster mom Wendy McKendrick left the hospital after giving birth to her first daughter feeling disempowered and unnecessarily medicated. “I felt like I was just a spectator to my own birth,” she says. So when she found out she was pregnant with a second daughter, McKendrick decided she’d like to…
Cycling is news in Colorado, especially during warm weather months. As evidence, consider the hundreds of participants in Wednesdays Denver Cruisers Ride done up Mad Max/Thunderdome-style. The latest? B-cycle’s system is finally fixed after glitches that lingered for weeks, while the annual Ride the Rockies event is re-routing around the…
Earlier this week, defense attorneys weighed in on a damning report aimed at the state toxicology lab, which conducts blood tests for cases of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. Attorney Rob Corry thinks officials may have waited until June to release the document (it was finished in…
Star Trek icon George Takei’s profile photo on his hilarious, ultra-popular Facebook page features a smiling pic alongside a button reading, “It’s OK to be Takei!” However, being him has been even weirder than usual since Boulder-based writer Rick Polito, author of the world’s funniest one-line movie synopsis, casually mentioned…
Ever since controversial KHOW talk-show host Peter Boyles was forced out after an incident with his longtime producer, his many fans have hoped for more info about what happened. Unfortunately, neither Boyles nor station execs are talking. Prior to his sacking, though, Boyles was hardly known for his reserve: He…
Custody fights among estranged couples are all too common. But few are as extreme as the one involving Monty Turner, who’s accused of kidnapping his three-year-old son, Luke, and fleeing with him to Canada. Luke was eventually found and reunited with his mother, Brandy. Now, authorities are throwing a whole…
As much as I would like to say there was a more cannabis-related reason for my visit to Gaia, what really brought me to the shop’s doorstep was a Cuban sandwich. Far enough down East Colfax to still be East Colfax, Gaia Plant-Based Medicine is nevertheless in a decent location,…
Patricia Calhoun’s recent post about Denver International Airport slipping down the busiest airport list — from eleventh place to thirteenth — attracted comments about DIA as a whole. Included among them was this not especially positive review…
Denver blog posts are the top. Big Media’s Jason Salzman on who is and isn’t considered conservative enough to participate in the upcoming Western Conservative Summit — with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie apparently being found wanting. The Grazing Mind on national mandatory GMO labeling. Coyote Gulch on dust storms,…
This week’s cover story, “The Insider,” profiles Colorado Oil and Gas Association president Tisha Schuller, whose efforts to defend her industry’s strong presence in the state have been made tougher by the fallout from Josh Fox’s antifracking documentary Gasland. That film “has really changed the conversation” about using hydraulic fracturing…
A well-known figure in the Aspen area, Peter Nardi previously ran an eatery named for him and is currently the day manager and bartender at a local restaurant. But these days, he’s making news well outside the foodie realm. Nardi’s been accused of a sex assault involving a woman with…
Last month, Mayor Michael Hancock proclaimed Wednesdays “Bike Night in Denver” to acknowledge the cultural impact of the Denver Cruisers Ride. But would he have done so had he known the Cruisers would turn D-town post-apocalyptic? Fortunately, Hizzoner needn’t worry. Last night’s Cruisers theme, Mad Max/Thunderdome, was about a good…
The National Football League term OTAs stands for “organized team activities” — and they’re supposed to be voluntary. Still, starting Broncos running back Willis McGahee’s decision to skip out on them earlier this year set tongues wagging about the prospect of him being punished for doing so. Lo and behold,…
There was an uproar immediately after Governor John Hickenlooper granted a temporary reprieve to Nathan Dunlap, the condemned killer who murdered four people and badly injured a fifth in 1993 — and not just from critics like Colorado Attorney General John Suthers or Tom Tancredo, who said he’s running for…
Yesterday, inspired by our scorchingly hot weather, we shared our list of the top ten work fashion mistakes during a heat wave. Which made us wonder: What would people wear during high-temperature periods like this one if fashion laws were off? Like, say, the clothing equivalent of The Purge, the…
Last month, we shared photos and more about Dear Eleanor, a Leonardo DiCaprio production that was shooting in Niwot and other area locations. Now, the movie has wrapped in Colorado — but its star, Jessica Alba, shared plenty of images of what happened via Twitter and Instagram. Shots range from…
Dear Stoner: Is there actually a strain known as Polio Pot? A friend was telling me that she’d smoked some and it paralyzed her legs for a while — hence the name. But I’m not sure I buy it — and if it does exist, I don’t think I’ll be…
In business, as in politics and romance, candor can be a liability rather than an asset. Tisha Schuller discovered just how explosive her own words could be at an energy conference in Denver two years ago, when a few comments about the industry’s most inflammatory critics started a firestorm of…
