Subject: Internal Revenue Service

• Tax Rhyme

  April 2, 2007

• Pennies for Peace

  March 7, 2007

• Fate of the Union

  January 29, 2008

• IRS Making Local Escorts Hot and Bothered

  February 7, 2008

• The Best of the Online Elite for the Democratic National Convention

  June 9, 2008

• Thrills for the week

  November 13, 1997

• Mouthing Off

  March 11, 1999

• Untangle the Judge Nottingham sex-for-hire story with some required Westword reading.

  October 20, 2008

• Wisdom of the Ages

  April 4, 2002

• Letters to the Editor

  July 6, 2000

• Best Free Service for Casino Workers

  March 29, 2001

• Backwash

  April 19, 2001

• A Colorado immigration story hits page one of the New York Times

  Yesterday's New York Times switched the national spotlight onto a fascinating story based in Greeley. "Paying Taxes, and Fearing Deportation" focuses on Amalia's Translation and Tax Services, a business that has prepared tax returns for a mostly Hispanic clientele since the '90s. Last October, the Weld County Sheriff's Office, knowing that the Internal Revenue Service requires every worker, whether in this country legally or not, to pay taxes on income earned in the U.S., seized thousands of r

  February 2, 2009

• Bat'leth not the only creative weapon for would-be criminals

  Usually when someone wants to commit armed robbery, he'll bring along a weapon that combines stealth, convenience and anonymity -- a small gun, for instance. Not so one enterprising Colorado Springs man, who this week brazenly robbed one area 7-Eleven store (and tried to knock over a second) armed only with a bat'leth, broadsword bringer of pain and standard weapon of choice for many an honorable Klingon. The bat'leth bandit, as he's quickly become known, broke the warrior's code by using the

  February 6, 2009

• Anti-Gym's Michael Karolchyk gets flayed in Channel 4 report

  A segment of an Anti-Gym form seen in Channel 4's February 9 report. Yesterday's blog "Media Outlets Line Up to Pummel Anti-Gym's Michael Karolchyk" told about the downturn suffered by the aforementioned Mr. K -- the subject of "No Chubbies? Fat Chance," a January 2008 Message column in which the cupcake-tossing Anti-Gym owner alternately excoriated TV and radio outlets for not running his willfully offensive ads or boasting about his ability to manipulate the press. Among the stations he rippe

  February 10, 2009

• Backwash

  May 29, 2003

• How much does Anti-Gym's Michael Karolchyk owe to the IRS?

  Karolchyk has some fat ass tax liens. As you've probably heard, the mean ol' IRS shut down the Anti-Gym earlier this month, forcing hundreds of self-hating exercise masochists out into the "fatty lazy" world. But while many media outlets have taken great joy in chipping away at the colossal ego known as Michael "No Chubbies" Karolchyk, no one has bothered to report how much the Anti-Gym owner owes to the feds. While Karolchyk was spending thousands on television commercials and full-page ads

  February 25, 2009

• The Beatdown

  October 28, 2004

• The Beatdown

  January 27, 2005

• Identity Crisis

  Having your Social Security number stolen makes for a taxing situation.

  April 10, 2008

• Night & Day

  April 15-21, 1999

  April 15, 1999

• Fallout in the Family

  Eranium made Charlie Steen rich. But the fortune became too hot to handle.

  February 19, 1998

• You Can't Take It With You

  Why does anyone want to hang on to this play?

  October 11, 2007

• Tax Evasion

  How to live like a rock star -- and pay taxes like one, too.

  April 12, 2007

• Letters to the Editor

  From the week of 3/1/2007

  March 1, 2007

• The Magic Number

  Illegal immigrants are using stolen identities to work. But whose are they?

  February 15, 2007

• Stranger Than Fiction

  Playing against type, Will Ferrell can’t quite ground this artificially whimsical romantic comedy.

  November 9, 2006

• Willie Nelson

  Sunday, September 3, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, 303-830-8497.

  August 31, 2006

• Letters to the Editor

  From the week of April 6, 2006

  April 6, 2006

• Cable Guy

  Bill Daniels made a fortune bringing cable to the West. But would he agree with how his legacy is being spent?

  February 19, 2004

• Southern Discomfort

  Writer Terry Southern helped shape a generation. Now his son is fighting for his legacy.

  February 4, 1999

• Under the Knife

  No matter who wins a medical malpractice case, the verdict cuts both ways.

  January 21, 1999

• The Underclass

  Colorado's illegal immigrants find trouble even when they try to do things legally.

  July 9, 1998

• Justice Delayed

  With the right defendant pulling the strings, Colorado's domestic-violence system can be tied into knots. A victim's story.

  June 18, 1998

• Into the Oblivians

  How Eric Oblivian turned Jesus into a punk rocker.

  November 6, 1997

• Mouthing Off

  October 16, 1997

• Big Wheel

  Local Baptist preacher Acen Phillips has a passel of fancy cars and a devil of a history in court.

  August 28, 1997

• Mouthing Off

  July 31, 1997

• Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?...

  Tim McVeigh's not currently available, but there are other dateable patriots. Ask Marilyn.

  November 28, 1996

• Free Willie

  A gospel album on a Denver record label is the latest step in the rehabilitation of Willie Nelson's career.

  August 15, 1996

• Many Happy Returns

  March 7, 1996

• LET US PAY

  August 30, 1995

• WIN SOME, LOSE SOME

  June 14, 1995

• CANDIDATE BY DEFAULT

  A SCHOOL-BOARD HOPEFUL DEFAULTED ON HIS STUDENT LOAN.

  March 22, 1995

• A LOAN AGAIN, NATURALLY

  A CASH-FLUSH CITY AGENCY MEASURES SUCCESS--AND CONTROVERSY--ONE INVESTMENT AT A TIME.

  February 1, 1995

• A PAIN IN THE NECK

  December 14, 1994

• GENTLEMEN PREFER BONDS

  FOR THE FIRMS THAT CRANK OUT DIA'S FINANCIAL PAPERWORK, THE PROFITS ARE SKY-HIGH -- AND THE WORK IS ALL LEGAL.

  May 18, 1994

• OFF LIMITS

  March 23, 1994

• End of Empires lose gear to thieving d-bags

  Bet End of Empires would love to get their hands on the culprits.​If karma truly is a boomerang, then may the thieving, unscrupulous jerkoffs who stole a truckload of gear belonging to End of Empires get audited by the IRS -- or at least, like, I don't know, come down with a nasty case of swine flu or something. Earlier this week, some lowlife scum bag(s?) robbed the group of their livelihood, essentially, making off with everything a band needs to, well, be a band, guitars, amps, drums, keys

  September 2, 2009

• The Mexican advises against rushing to the altar

  September 3, 2009