“Typhoid Tom,” Patricia Calhoun, May 26 Coming to Terms With Tancredo At first I liked Patricia Calhoun’s column about the Romer camp trumping up a politically poisonous Tom Tancredo “endorsement” of Michael Hancock. But why’d she have to spoil it by calling Tancredo honest? She wrote that Tancredo is “not…
In Colorado, drinking good beer is more than just a way to celebrate. With nearly 140 breweries — big or small, independent or corporately owned — cranking out a vast array of suds, beer has become the object of many of our celebrations. And although beer festivals take place throughout…
Eva Håkansson and Bill Dubé fell in love with green technology, going fast, and each other. Now they’re on a mission to make you believe that electric is sexy. One of their homemade motorcycles, the KillaCycle, goes from to 60 mph in less than one second. And that’s without…
It was 11:30 p.m. on Saturday night as my family lugged our suitcases to Denver International Airport’s taxi stand for a ride home after a week-long trip. While we’d always parked at DIA in the past, we’d decided to skip the hassle and take local cabs, the topic of my…
Even though Denver public schools are out for the summer and most graduation ceremonies are over, the debate over DPS’s increasing graduation rates continues. For more, read our feature, “Passing on Education.” Today, Education News Colorado contributor Alexander Ooms weighs in with an opinion piece that includes two helpful charts…
There are two revolving doors in every prison system. One is for the inmates, many of whom fail on parole and keep coming back. The other is reserved for top administrators who, even amid scandal, move easily from high-powered positions of public trust to high-paid jobs in the private prison…
Summertime, and the Denver blog posting is easy. Broncos Gab: If the Arizona Cardinals can’t get QB Kevin Kolb, they may settle for Kyle Orton — if the price is right, and if the Broncos decide Tim Tebow is ready to helm the team. Free Range Longmont revisits the Union…
News of an immigration raid at Morgan County’s Wildcat Dairy, where 89 percent of employees weren’t authorized to work in the United States, caused fear among documented and undocumented residents alike, says immigrant-rights advocate Damaris Cooksey. That’s especially true of children wondering why their fathers are in jail, she adds…
Now in its ninth year, the Denver Chalk Art Festival on Larimer Square has evolved into the sort of gathering that captures all that’s great about the city and the people who live here. And this year, the weather cooperated to make it even better. Relive highlights via the following…
Traditionally, several Native American groups planted sunflowers on the north side of their gardens as a “fourth sister” to complement the better known three sisters combination of corn, beans, and squash. Denver gardeners can cultivate a quick history and pay tribute to a north-side Denver neighborhood by planting Sunnyside sunflower…
In a hit-and-run accident, a driver causes a crash but flees the scene rather than facing the music. Something similar happened over the weekend, but it didn’t involve cars. Instead, the parties were a woman on horseback and the owner of a dog that caused an injury requiring a rescue…
Our post about an immigration raid in Morgan Count — one decried by a local activist — continues to generate passionate posts. Here’s one from a reader upset that more people weren’t taken into custody…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has just identified the man shot to death early Sunday morning, allegedly by someone in a car that drove past the scene of a house-party-related fight on the 300 block of South Yates Street. The victim: James Sanchez, 24. The cause of death was a…
Did you get out and enjoy Denver this weekend? If not, Westword photogs captured a lot of what you missed, including a look at the First Friday of summer, midnight at Streets of London, the third-annual Faery Frolic and more. To see it all, click to our bustling slideshow page…
The Denver Post isn’t exactly known as a laugh-out-loud publication. But there are plenty of people at the paper with a great sense of humor, and we’ve got proof courtesy of a satirical front page produced as a goodbye gift to editorial page editor Dan Haley, who left the Post…
On Friday, we pointed to a CompleteColorado.com post claiming that mayoral frontrunner Michael Hancock’s name and number had been linked to Denver Players, the prostitution ring that ensnared Judge Edward Nottingham. This morning, we’d hoped to talk to the site’s Todd Shepherd about his reporting methodology, but he now says…
Proving on paper that poker is primarily a game of skill, not luck, is trickier than it sounds, as University of Denver professor Robert Hannum explains in this week’s feature “All In.” But fans of the World Series of Poker see that thesis in action on the tube every time…
The Scarlet Ranch swingers club has revealed its new location, and it’s a meaty one: the former Northwoods Inn steakhouse in Littleton, as first reported on our Cafe Society blog. The launch is tonight and the grand opening party — nicknamed The Hunt for Ranch IV — is tomorrow. It’s…
Denver keeps birthing more blog posts. Here’s a set of triplets. Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons offers a self-described exit interview about Ty Lawson. He sees a lot of reasons for optimism about the point guard’s future. South Stands Denver has published its first podcast since April. Listen, won’t you? Square…
Balloon Boy hoaxers Richard and Mayumi Heene have been prohibited by a judge from making money off their story until 2013 (and make no mistake, they will start trying one tick into New Year’s Day). But that doesn’t mean they can’t still make some hay. Earlier this week, the Heenes,…
Ever since U.S. Attorney John Walsh sent a letter suggesting that parts of HB 1043, the medical marijuana cleanup bill, would likely violate U.S. law, the local MMJ community has feared a federal crackdown on the industry — and perhaps even on state employees regulating it. Do comments made in…
Privacy fencing provides yard artists a secure area in which to create and display yard art projects that might not otherwise be ready for a full front-yard showing. As the photograph above demonstrates, alley fencing is an especially good canvas for experimenting with art styles and subjects that might be…
