Video: Fake marijuana ad bums out Colorado Tourism Office

Has Colorado’s official tourism effort gone to pot? A new video posted on YouTube suggests that, and it only makes sense: After all, not only did the state’s voters approve Amendment 64, which makes recreational pot use legal in Colorado, but the state tourism office just hosted meetings on agritourism…

Are these Mexicans insulting me?

Dear Mexican: In President Bush’s State of the Union address, he reiterated a need for a guest-worker program. What is your opinion of such a program? The program seems like mierda that screws people over in the long run to me, but what do I know? Una Guerita por un…

Colorado Inside Out Time Machine mini-marathon tonight

Just in case you didn’t spend enough time in front of the television last night, Colorado Public Television is giving you two more hours of very good reasons to stay seated: a mini-marathon of the time-machine shows that the crew behind Colorado Inside Out, which normally focuses on current events,…

Tom Martino? Ken Salazar? Who is Colorado’s biggest turkey?

Who’s the biggest turkey of the year? With the election season barely over, it’s easy to focus on all the pundits who insisted Colorado’s swing-state vote would decide the election — when Barack Obama had already won his second term before our polling places closed. But there are many, many…

Why are Mexicans better at organizing their paperwork?

Dear Mexican: Lately I’ve noticed a few bands, como Voodoo Glow Skulls, have embraced ska music both at home and in Mexico. I was curious what the appeal is for Mexicans in ska music. Also, if you had to turn people to Mexican ska, what would be your top five…

Amendment 64 passage lights up marijuana convention in Denver

The green rush is on — 150 years after fortune-hunters rushed to the Rockies in search of gold. On Tuesday, Colorado voters passed Amendment 64, cementing this state’s reputation as the cannabis capitol of the country. That vote should certainly light up a convention scheduled months ago that starts today…