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Aurora Century 16 reopening: See changes made to ten other massacre sites

At 5 p.m. today, the Aurora Century 16, the site of the July 20 attack that killed twelve, officially reopens following a ceremony featuring Governor John Hickenlooper and many others. Some family members have called for a boycott of the event -- an indication of the strong emotions stirred by decis ... More >>

Newtown, Aurora and Columbine: Mass shootings, gun hysteria...and MK Ultra?

The first, fragmentary accounts of a shooter's rampage through an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, were just starting to make headlines last week when the cyberchatter about a conspiracy began. This is not just some lone nutcase engaged in senseless killing for his own indecipherable reas ... More >>

Photos: Aurora theater shooting and ten massacre sites that were changed (or not)

The City of Aurora is conducting a survey, asking folks through August 31 what should be done with the Aurora Century 16, the theater where James Holmes allegedly killed twelve people. Many other massacre sites have faced this unfortunate question in the past, with responses ranging from minor chan ... More >>

Aurora theater shooting & disgusting questions about The Dark Knight Rises box office

We understand that media outlets doing wall-to-wall coverage of last night's shooting at the Aurora Town Center Century 16 during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rise have to look at every possible angle of the story. But excuse me for being repulsed by stories speculating about whether the ... More >>

Earl Moore gets life for bombing attempt at Southwest Plaza on Columbine anniversary

When news broke last year that Earl Moore had been charged with a single count of arson for placing an explosive device in Southwest Plaza mall on the anniversary of the attack on nearby Columbine High School, locals feared he'd receive relatively light punishment. But no: Moore has been sentenced t ... More >>

We Need to Talk About Kevin may be the most revealing Columbine-related film

This week's feature, "The Columbine Effect," explores the enduring fascination indie filmmakers seem to have with the attack on Columbine High School thirteen years ago -- and the agendas advanced (gun control, bullying prevention, etc.) in their fictional and not-so-fictional interpretations of the ... More >>

School shootings: Some bogus Columbine myths resurface

There's no coherent explanation yet for seventeen-year-old T.J. Lane's attack on Charndon High School in Ohio on Monday, which killed three students and injured two others -- and the "why" may prove elusive for some time to come. The shootings have been treated as utterly random, although recent rep ... More >>

Joshua Hoggan met with Columbine's Frank DeAngelis before school-bombing-plot bust

Big photos below.​Most local news outlets aren't using the name of the sixteen-year-old Utah student who met with Columbine principal Frank DeAngelis a month before being arrested, along with eighteen-year-old Dallin Morgan, in an alleged plot to blow up their high school. But Utah media is id ... More >>

Reader combines South Park, Columbine, New World Order & guns in five sentences: Amazing!

Trey Parker.​Plenty of comments affixed to our blog posts are intelligent and thoughtful. Many of them are angry and passionate. Some are rude, obscene and/or offensive. But only a handful are jaw-slackeningly bizarre. Here's an example of the latter -- a paragraph just posted on a two-year-ol ... More >>

Zero tolerance policies enacted after Columbine massacre need to go away, panelist says

Columbine, 1999.​Inspired by the 1999 assault on Columbine High School and the horrific roster of school shootings since then, officials developed a "zero tolerance" approach to disciplining students whose actions touch on violence, no matter how tangentially. Now, a panel appointed by the sta ... More >>

Earl Moore charged with arson, not terrorism, in Southwest Plaza bomb try near Columbine

Big pics below.​Update: At 2 p.m. this afternoon, Earl Albert Moore is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Denver to be advised of the charges against him in relation to an attempted bombing at Southwest Plaza mall on the twelfth anniversary of the shootings at nearby Columbine High ... More >>

Southwest Plaza: Has business been down since April 20 bomb try on Columbine anniversary?

On April 20.​This past weekend, my twin daughters had planned to visit our neighborhood mall, Southwest Plaza, to shop for prom shoes. But after being locked down at Chatfield High School on April 20, the twelfth anniversary of the shootings at nearby Columbine High School, due to a bombing at ... More >>

Tom Mauser and the Fix Gun Checks Tour: Disarming lunatics isn't such a crazy idea

Tom Mauser ​Grief alters people. It can devastate and give a new sense of purpose. The murder of his son Daniel in the Columbine shootings has set Tom Mauser on a crusade against gun violence that, over twelve years, has yielded small victories and gradual change -- and plenty of blowback from ... More >>

Kristin & Candice Hermeler: Suicide-pact twins' Columbine fascination deeper than admitted

Kristin Hermeler​It didn't make much sense that Candice and Kristin Hermeler would travel halfway across the world to enact a suicide pact at a local gun range -- until reports began to surface about the Australian twins' obsession with the Columbine shootings. While police have tried to downp ... More >>

Alex Youshock bombing and the legacy of Columbine

Alex Youshock.​Alex Youshock, an appropriately named 17-year old, has been identified as the person arrested yesterday for bombing his old school, San Mateo's Hillsdale High; no one was injured in the attacks. And predictably, the word "Columbine" figures in much of the coverage, even though n ... More >>

Author Jeff Kass on how his Columbine theories differ from Dave Cullen's

Jeff Kass. Local author Dave Cullen's book Columbine has received an enormous amount of media attention -- far more than another recently published tome, Columbine: A True Crime Story. And Jeff Kass, the ex-Rocky Mountain News reporter who penned the latter, has definitely noticed the discrepancy. ... More >>

The Duel for DA Heats Up

Redline Defiance of Death

Having a near-death experience causes you to rock like your life depends on it.

The Hard Lessons About Safe Schools

The Twenty-Year Itch

Media Insanity

Nuckle Up

P-Nuckle brings the party like no other.

Strange but True

A year of dysfunctional family values -- and missing panties.

Anatomy of a Cover-up

Days after the Columbine shootings, Jeffco officials were already lying about what they knew. What about now?

Anatomy of a Cover-up

Days after the Columbine shootings, Jeffco officials were already lying about what they knew. What about now?

You Must Remember This

The horrors of Columbine, reduced to a single page.

The Message

Role Reversal

Letters to the Editor

From the week of November 14, 2002

In Search of Lost Time

A long-hidden document helps clear a Denver cop -- and raises new questions about the official version of the Columbine attack.

Badge Happy

In Jefferson County, lots of folks want to be the new sheriff in town.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of November 8, 2001

Attention, Kmart Shoppers

Columbine survivors team up with Michael Moore to make the chain bite the bullet.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of May 17, 2001

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 7

Words Get in the Way

If the news is offensive, how does local media report it? Very carefully.

Off Limits

Are Jake Jabs and Ted Nugent really the same person?

Letters to the Editor

From the week of May 25

The Kids Are All Right

Four Columbine art students move out of the shadow of the shootings.

Anniversary Post-Mortem

The media's coverage of the Columbine anniversary was the journalistic equivalent of slow-pitch softball.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of April 20

The Pitch Is In, and It's Good

Public schools accepting private-sector funds is becoming commonplace. But not everyone's money is good enough.

The Making of a Media Event

The Columbine anniversary promises to be the biggest thing since...well, Columbine.

Off Limits

DIA lands in bear country...

A Perfect Ten

The Colorado Legislature has its Ten Commandments.

Eyes on the Prize

The dailies jockey for position for the Pulitzer.

Back in Black

The goth culture is in for a dark time at Arvada West High School.

Off Limits

Off Limits

Letters

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