Mary DeForest believes in George Orwell’s theory that language rooted in Latin and Greek muddies communication and often covers up political agendas. And so she invented the Latinometer, a bullshit detector that analyzes text and determines how many words are rooted in Latin, German, French and Greek, then ranks the…
In recent years, the Douglas County School District has stirred controversy over a perceived rightward shift led by its conservative school board. Now, the American Humanist Association is suing the district, the school board and other individuals for allowing what the AHA characterizes as religious fundraisers at individual institutions, thereby…
It won’t come as a surprise to anyone who follows the cannabis industry that last week’s inaugural National Cannabis Industry Association’s Infused Product and Extraction Symposium focused heavily on safety issues — both consumer safety and employee safety. The importance of proper procedures and protocols was emphasized in almost every…
No one denies that the vividly named Seidel’s Suckhole offers challenges aplenty to rafters navigating the Arkansas River, as witnessed by the tragic death of Sue Ann Apolinar, who’d booked a journey with a company called Arkansas Valley Adventures. Jesus Espinoza, Jr., Apolinar’s son, subsequently sued AVA, maintaining that the…
A couple of months back, we shared the top ten things no one from Denver ever says — like, for example, “I’d rather have a PBR instead of a craft beer.” Now, it’s Boulder turn. Continue for our photo-illustrated list of ten things no one from Boulder ever says. See…
Update: Yesterday morning, we reported about two assaults near Washington Park prior to the bust of a man for a separate incident who was being eyed as a suspect in the earlier crimes; see our previous coverage below. Now, the Denver Police Department has identified the arrestee as Kijana Jelks,…
There’s a joint-rolling competition this weekend, and next week is going to be packed with events. So pull out your datebooks and start penciling some things in. See also: Marijuana Study: Legalization Hasn’t Hurt or Helped Colorado as Much as Predicted…
Barbara Bowman, who was raised in Denver, has come forward with a story of rape and abuse at the hands of entertainer Bill Cosby, who she says she met at a defunct local nightspot, Turn of the Century. Our post on the topic brought out a variety of opinions about…
Denver blog posts have made a name for themselves. Our Cafe Society blog lists the staff’s picks for Denver’s ten worst restaurant names. The folks at Colorado Pols think ballot momentum is swinging the Dems’ way. Colorado Peak Politics staffers disagree. Oh man, do they ever. See also: Denver’s Ten…
Update below: Late last Friday afternoon, a Denver jury returned a $695,000 verdict against the University of Denver in a long, involved dispute with the local chapter of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. On the surface, the five-day trial was mostly about how property is valued in an area of…
According to an arrest affidavit on view below, Thomas White considered himself to be a rapper. But instead of making rap his career, he will soon start serving one for, among other things, prostituting an underage teen. And if things break a certain way, his sentence could be nearly half-a-century…
Meth was apparently all in the family for Darin Ninneman, whose mom, Lorri, is said to have regularly shared the substance with him and his brothers. In the end, however, Darin brutally stabbed Lorri to death, then fled the scene reluctantly — because he wanted to take his iPad with…
On Halloween, the Denver Police Department’s warnings about trick-or-treaters possibly being slipped marijuana edibles reached its peak with the graphic seen here — one that essentially suggests, against all available evidence, that pot candy could kill children. But if DPD reps hoped the #CheatTheReaper hashtag would become a thing, they…
Election day is tomorrow, and if there’s anything Republican and Democratic activists can agree upon, it’s the importance of voter turnout. And according to the WalletHub website, folks in this fair state are among the most politically engaged in the country. Continue to count down the site’s political-engagement top ten,…
We had been hoping that this morning we’d have evidence to contradict the assumption that Broncos QB Peyton Manning plays badly in cold weather and struggles against Tom Brady and the Patriots in New England. But no: Denver laid an egg big-time yesterday afternoon, losing to the Pats 43-21 in…
For this extra-scary edition of Colorado Cannabis Time Capsule, we bring you a story that is strangely similar to one we’re living right now: the fear that kids are sneaking pot edibles and getting intoxicated right under our noses! Then, like now, the story was largely the product of a…
Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron’s new working paper suggests that pot legalization in Colorado has neither hurt nor helped the state as much as predicted. That’s the sort of finding sure to generate conversation, and that was certainly the case when it came to our post on the topic. Here’s the…
Denver blog posts don’t discriminate on the basis of size. Our Cafe Society blog counts down the ten best tiny restaurants in Denver. Colorado Pols asks: Did Democrats or Republicans guess wrong on Spanish-language TV? Colorado Peak Politics: Republican ballots are outnumbering Dem ones — by a lot. See also:…
Sex offender/child enticer Michael Kaneta certainly appears to have come up with a clever scheme to convince moms to let him take snapshots of their kids: posing as a photographer for a charity calendar. But does he deserve credit for coming up with this unusual gambit? No! No! A thousand…
Welcome to Halloween weekend, a time of fun, frivolity and, for some, getting hammered and then trying to drive home. In an attempt to prevent the latter from prompting tragedy, law-enforcement agencies all over the state are focusing on DUI enforcement — and we’ve got information about what dozens of…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has identified the two women murdered in an apartment at the French Quarter complex late Wednesday night as Amanda Anders, nineteen, and Nancy Worrell, 22. They died of multiple gunshot wounds. In addition (update), the Denver Police Department has released the mug shot of the…
Our Adam Roy recently told you about Casey Nocket, who he described as “a graffiti artist…suspected of leaving her mark on one of the state’s most-visited slices of wilderness, Rocky Mountain National Park.” Now, Nocket is thought to have done likewise on another beautiful part of our state: Colorado National…
