The editorial writers at the Denver Post didn’t soft-peddle their displeasure with Colorado Governor Bill Ritter for issuing a November 2 executive order effectively allowing unions to organize bargaining units for state workers — a move that bypassed the legislature, which is presently dominated by his fellow Democrats. In a…
Plenty of words were written in these parts and beyond about the Colorado Rockies’ inexplicable stretch-run success and all-too-explicable World Series collapse — but few publications proved as insightful as The Onion, whose slogan — “America’s Finest News Source” — seems less satirical with each passing day. The paper’s sterling…
Michael Tate (profiled in the September 20 feature “Killer Instinct)” was only sixteen when he murdered Steve Fitzgerald, but the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office filed charges in adult court, where Tate was found guilty of felony murder — a crime that carries a mandatory sentence of life without parole…
Somewhere in the not too distant future, the Department of Homeland Security will be able to ferret out terrorists based only on a series of questions about the NFL. Consider this: Last month’s Patriots-Cowboys game drew 30 million viewers, making it not only the most watched sporting event of the…
This week, Adam interviews his longtime friend, fellow comedian, and houseguest Ben Kronberg, who is soon to leave our cow town for Los Angeles…
Blake Mooney was recently laid off from his job at NewMediaCompany.com and has somehow found some time to give a glimpse into the week in the life of a man on the dole. This is his story. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday: To the depressed and despondent (or in my…
In 1987, Westword published its fourth Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from the Best Place to Park Downtown (with the office-building vacancy rate at 30 percent, one lot had slashed its prices to ten cents a day!) to the Best Place to People-Watch…
View larger image. Hawaii Total Number of Delegates: 29 Pledged: 20 Unpledged: 9 How to Recognize a Hawaii Delegate: Hawaii has always been considered a paradise on Earth. Not only for its stunningly beautiful landscape, but also for the hospitality of the state’s residents. The descendants of the early Hawaiians,…
John Denver may have considered West Virginia to be almost heaven, but the people who live there prefer to think of themselves as wild and wonderful. After months of debate, and two online and telephone polls, the citizenry of West Virginia has chosen ”Wild, Wonderful” rather than “Almost Heaven” as…
Blake Mooney was recently laid off from his job at NewMediaCompany.com and has somehow found some time to give a glimpse into the week in the life of a man on the dole. This is his story. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday: With the exception of big name athletes entering free…
The Preble’s meadow jumping mouse weighs less than an ounce and hibernates for almost seven months of the year. But it’s a regular Godzilla in environmental circles, smashing developers’ plans up and down the Front Range and generating no end of controversy. Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unveiled…
Kudos to Sue Lindsay of the Rocky Mountain News for her brilliant article detailing the October 31 shenanigans involving Vincent “Don Vito” Margera, who received two guilty verdicts related to groping incidents at Colorado Mills mall last year. Lindsay’s piece absolutely mopped the floor with the Denver Post’s far less…
“Mr. Wizard,” Jason Sheehan, October 25 The Golden Rule If any restaurant reviewer is up to the task of appraising Westminster’s astounding O’s Steak & Seafood restaurant and its chef, Ian Kleinman, it’s your Jason Sheehan. Few, if any, critics have his mix of relevant traits: experience, fair-mindedness, honesty and…
This month, Jack in the Box returns to Colorado with a new store in Golden, followed by locations in Arvada, Parker and Aurora. That’s big news, and not just for people who love greasy tacos and burgers on sourdough bread. The San Diego-based fast-food chain was fairly well represented here…
If someone where to ask me, “What do you want on your tombstone, Adam?” I would make some hilarious joke about cheese and pepperoni and then say the actual epitaph, which would be this: He held up a mirror, and allowed us to see ourselves in a way that, while…
In the middle of a table in Konrad Steffen’s office at the University of Colorado at Boulder sits a strikingly beautiful globe made of hand-carved gemstones. Steffen, a geography professor, knows very well that sooner or later the globe will have to be revised. The coastline will shift, swallowing the…
On Channel 31’s October 28 late newscast, correspondent Leland Vittert presented a hard-hitting exposé on beer — specifically, the oceans of brew consumed by LoDo patrons during a weekend that saw the Colorado Rockies host the Boston Red Sox for two games of the 2007 World Series. After revealing that…
From the back yard of the house, Sean Hauze and Adam Rude can see the Washington Monument and the Capitol, but the thrill of that view wore off long ago. The University of Colorado students have been in Washington, D.C., for well over a week, scrambling with a dozen teammates…
The media’s coverage of the Colorado Rockies’ remarkable late-season surge is put under the microscope throughout the November 1 Message column. However, there wasn’t enough room in the petri dish to fully discuss the dubious performance of the team’s public-relations personnel, as well as past problems spelled out in a…
Blake Mooney was recently laid off from his job at NewMediaCompany.com and has somehow found some time to give a glimpse into the week in the life of a man on the dole. This is his story. Monday Tuesday Wednesday: Everyone knows if you’re a male and you find yourself…
As noted in this blog, TV comics have been ripping the Colorado Rockies ever since the Boston Red Sox snuffed out their late-season winning streak in brutal (and widely televised) fashion. But Comedy Central satirist Stephen Colbert, host of the regularly hilarious Colbert Report, deserves special praise for criticizing one…
The night after the Colorado Rockies were swept out of the World Series, the late-night comics started hitting the team out of the park. First Stephen Colbert took aim at the Rockies’ attempts to copyright “Rocktober,” and then David Letterman offered up his Top Ten Colorado Rockies Excuses: 10: “Even…
