Moments from now, President Barack Obama is expected to introduce Sonia Sotomayor as his choice for the Supreme Court, replacing retiring jurist David Souter. And while she may be an unknown quantity for most Coloradans, at least one of our state’s prominent residents has dealt with her in the past…
Vice President Joe Biden sure must dig the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, where he’ll conduct a town-hall meeting today. He was just there in February, standing by as President Barack Obama signed the stimulus package there. Maybe it’s because the facility has already received a sort of stimulus…
On this Memorial Day, most of us at Westword remembered that because it’s a national holiday, we didn’t have to come to work. Check back Tuesday for a much fuller, fatter and better tanned Latest Word. In the meantime, here’s a video that commemorates the occasion — a Memorial Day…
Noticed any disturbing anti-meth billboards on your drive home lately? The ads, brought to you by the Colorado Meth Project, began sprouting up alongside Denver roadways — as well as on TV, radio, MySpace and in a few newspapers — earlier this month. They’re aimed at teenagers and feature gritty…
A survey of local bloggage — complete with an e-mail address for sending tips. Chris Simms: What if he doesn’t suck? (Mile High Report) Democratic intern on Capitol Hill discovers that Democrats are kind of liberal, decides she’s actually a Republican. (Face the State) CSU is one step closer to…
This Saturday, the drug policy reform group Sensible Colorado is throwing its free-to-the-public fifth-anniversary bash from 6-9 p.m. at the Atlantis Community Center, 201 South Cherokee Street — and these guys have a lot to celebrate. Three years ago, Sensible Colorado helped successfully lobby for the passage of Amendment 20,…
Scott McInnis has been positioning himself for a political comeback since at least last year. Note that in October, McInnis prematurely pissed on the GOP’s grave by publicly predicting that Bob Schaffer would lose to Mark Udall in the U.S. Senate contest — and adding that he could have won…
A little jaunt through the local blogosphere. Direct tips here. If a former congressmen runs for governor and there’s no one around to cover the announcement, is he an idiot? (Colorado Pols) Or is that just how it works when you’re under investigation for ethics violations? (Face the State) In…
Lynn Kimbrough, the spokeswoman for the Denver District Attorney’s office, must not be superstitious. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have sent the following message via Twitter moments ago: I hesitate to say it but things are quiet. I’m outta here until next Wednesday. Let’s keep it quiet! If this was a movie,…
Our daily perusal of local blogs. E-mail us more. A local blogger picks the Lakers, gets killed by his readers, flip-flops. That’s the spirit! (Denver Stiffs) Natural gas: The “cleanest” fossil fuel? The industry would like you to think so. (Colorado Independent) District attorney and GOP congressional-hopeful Martin Beeson comes…
Editor’s note: Amy Herdy, a former Denver Post and Channel 9 journalist who’s currently the advisor for the University of Colorado at Boulder’s CUIndependent.com online newspaper, is in Pakistan under the auspices of the State Department. Her mission: to give students and professional journalists the tools they need to improve…
Editor’s note: Amy Herdy, a former Denver Post and Channel 9 journalist who’s currently the advisor for the University of Colorado at Boulder’s CUIndependent.com online newspaper, is in Pakistan under the auspices of the State Department. Her mission: to give students and professional journalists the tools they need to improve…
With the sleeves of his white, button-down dress shirt rolled up and his skuffed Pumas untied, nine-year-old Ethan stood on the steps of the state Capitol Saturday afternoon and addressed the more than a hundred people — some waving rainbow flags — who’d come to hear him speak. “I believe…
If you can tell the difference between a good bad and a bad blog, send links to the former here. Colorado’s top ethics panel has been ordered to turn over records it went to court to keep secret. That kinda backfired, didn’t it? (Colorado Independent) Chrysler still has a lot…
“James Dobson’s Political Surrender,” a piece by Dan Gilgoff, U.S. News & World Report’s “God & Country” blogger, contains several fascinating excerpts from the good doctor’s Focus on the Family radio broadcast. Of course, Dobson stepped down as chairman of the Colorado Springs-based outfit in late February — but he…
Before Bill Ritter co-hosted a tribute to MediaNews Group CEO and Denver Post publisher Dean Singleton, who’s hardly a fan of his policies, he appeared at a photo opportunity with a dog. Yep, Ritter joined Dealer, a Miami border collie, at the dedication of a solar-panel installation at Nestlé Purina’s…
Meet Ethan. He’s nine and in Mr. Kimmal’s third-grade class at the Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment in west Denver. He likes soccer, football, baseball, basketball, swimming and skiing. But his favorite thing to do after school is read, especially the Harry Potter books. Oh, and tomorrow at noon…
Our daily blog roundup. Check it. And send your own blogs to round up. Senate! Candidate! Ryan! Frazier! Loves! Him! Some! Exclamation! Points! (Colorado Pols) Rockies fans take to blogosphere to get manager Clint Hurdle fired. (Hurdling to Rock Bottom via 5280) The state of Colorado’s “liberal infrastructure,” as seen…
Editor’s note: Amy Herdy, a former Denver Post and Channel 9 journalist who’s currently the advisor for the University of Colorado at Boulder’s CUIndependent.com online newspaper, is in Pakistan under the auspices of the State Department. Her mission: to give students and professional journalists the tools they need to improve…
Our daily tour of the Colorogosphere. Send some links, yo. Guns, tobacco, liquor and Joe the Plumber, all at the same event? Count me the hell in. (Colorado Independent) Mark Udall continues to fight for credit-card reform, and the Post continues to (basically) ignore him. (Colorado Pols) More on the…
You might be second-guessing that vacation to Mexico now after hearing that most U.S. airlines have suspended flights to the country during May and June in the wake of the pig-flu shitstorm. United canceled all of them leaving from Colorado . But don’t send that week of margaritas, Jet Skis…
Our daily rundown of local blogging. Send links. Republicans sequestered themselves in the Brown Palace to debate their failures. You have to wonder if Bob Schaffer brought the margaritas. (Colorado Pols) It’s not all rosy in Colorado’s higher-education system. Not that you’d know that from reading the Post. (Face the…
