Dear Mexican: I’m a white, college-educated, liberal, Democratic, socialist U.S. citizen. I don’t have a problem with Mexicans coming here to get good jobs. In fact, I don’t see the “problem.” Why are Republicans and redneck dickheads so into building that big fence on the border? If there are so…
Our 2013 list of the top ten haunted Denver places to visit on Halloween according to Shadowlands.net, a website that purports to haunted locales across the country, includes plenty of venerable edifices, including the Lumber Baron Inn, the Molly Brown House and the Denver Children’s Home. But also making an appearance…
First things first: We’re not bestowing Schmuck of the Week honors on Eldon Dick simply because his name is “Eldon Dick.” We’re a little more mature than that — although, truth be told, if his name was “Eldon Schmuck,” we might have been unable to resist. No, we’re tipping the…
This weekend, your Denver Broncos have a bye — meaning there’s nothing that can happen to worsen their 6-0 record, which reached its present level after an improbable win over the Cleveland Browns on October 18. But that hasn’t stopped the complaining about quarterback Peyton Manning, who’s thrown more interceptions than…
In recent days, we celebrated the eight best bike trails in Colorado’s national forests as chosen by USDA Forest Service personnel — two of which are located on the Grand Mesa, one of the most spectacular spots in the state. I know this from personal experience: As noted in the…
All too often, young victims of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury don’t survive the harm inflicted upon them. Fortunately, the three-month-old twin boys of Destinee Reynolds are an exception to this rule. At this point, however, there’s no way of knowing if permanent damage was done to them…
Overnight, a fire reportedly broke out in a two-story garage on South Bryant Street, between Federal and Hampden in the community of Sheridan. The blaze has been extinguished and is being mopped up at this hour. But it remains newsworthy because representatives of the Denver Fire Department suspect that the…
Most of my strain reviews are based on reader suggestions and buzz around town, but some happen just because I come across a new pot shop on one of my days off. This was the case with Platte Valley Dispensary, a small shop on Seventh Street that I noticed after…
A reader’s theory about the increasing number of heroin addicts in Denver and beyond prompted a big response. A lot of the posts featured compassionate or thoughtful discussions of heroin use and abuse. Others suggested the best ways to deal with the problem. The following exchange fits into the latter category…
Denver blog posts know which number is on the beast. At our Music blog, Oakland L. Childers lays waste to Iron Maiden and more in his list of the six worst “essential” metal albums. Colorado Peak Politics shares the names of main stage competitors for the CU-Boulder GOP debate. The…
Is it illegal in Boulder for marijuana businesses to sponsor booths that prominently display their names at public events? Boulder’s City Attorney suggests that it is, while the man in charge of a local dispensary accused of violating the law by way of a booth at Out Boulder’s Pridefest celebration…
Back in 2012, we told you about a man who was selling his motorcycle on Denver Craigslist to pay for his wife’s boob job. A current seller has a less salacious reason for parting with his beloved Harley Davidson Road King Custom. The impending arrival of a new baby means…
In 2009, Colorado business leaders came up with an idea to boost the state’s then-sagging economy: help cities and counties build new tourist attractions by allowing some of the state sales-tax revenue that would be generated by those attractions to be rebated to the developers to pay off construction costs…
In recent months, there have been a slew of violent incidents on the 16th Street Mall, many of which were ignored or underplayed by many mainstream media outlets. Nonetheless, the assorted crimes got the attention of Westword readers, as well as the Downtown Denver Partnership, which held a meeting on these…
We enjoy checking out the lists on the Ranker website, in part because of their eccentricity. Note that its roster of the most famous people from Denver includes a porn star. Ranker’s choices for the ten most famous buildings and structures in Denver is similarly idiosyncratic. Did the Brown Palace…
Over the past year or so, we’ve shared a disheartening number of stories about inmates who’ve died in a variety of jails due to allegedly substandard medical care. In June 2014, we told you about Christopher Lopez, whose jailers at the San Carlos Correctional Facility in Pueblo joked and laughed as he…
Dear Stoner: I’ve heard about indica and sativa, but the words “cannabis ruderalis” were in an article, and I’d never heard of that before. Is there another type of pot out there? Wes Dear Wes: Maybe and maybe not. I’m much more of a stoner than a scientist, but the…
We recently stumbled upon a Yelp thread from back in 2010 entitled “Why Is Everyone Moving to Denver?” Most of those responding to it were either surprised by the influx of folks from around the country who were relocating to the Mile High City or understood how great Denver is…
Denver blog posts are affectionate — really. Check out one of the most viewed posts on our Arts blog: Amber Taufen’s list of the six most annoying types of old school ravers. Colorado Pols: The Jeffco school board recall gets very ugly very fast. Coyote Gulch on steady progress over…
Back in October 2014, when the Colorado Rockies finally said goodbye to longtime general manager Dan O’Dowd, we wondered if the change would make any difference given that Dick Monfort still owns the team. Unfortunately, the 2015 season demonstrated that Rockies fans like us were right to have our doubts…
A new Gallup poll found that 58 percent of respondents supported legalizing marijuana. That matches the highest number ever in a Gallup survey; 58 percent also backed the concept in 2013. Why have so many Americans concluded that legalizing cannabis is the way to go? One marijuana activist thinks the success…
In August, we told you about Go Topless Fort Collins, a “Free the Nipple” campaign to goad the Fort Collins City Council into removing the line “the breast or breasts of a female” from its public-indecency ordinance. Then, earlier this month, we updated you on a public survey about the…
