Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Health-care fraud is big business. What are the feds doing about it?

When Obama appears as Satan, where's Stephen Colbert?

Stephen Colbert, as a real human being, is useless to us. Yes, that's a very selfish thing to say, but we all know it's true. When he's stepped out of character in the past for interviews on Fresh Air or Meet the Press, it's mildly interesting, but it's interesting in the same way that it was intere ... More >>

The ten biggest concert buzzkills

As vastly different as our tastes are when it comes to music, there's one thing we can all agree on, and that's our distaste for and subsequent amusement/bemusement/resentment with certain individuals who insist on behaving badly at shows. You know who we're talking about. The Talker, universally lo ... More >>

Why do immigrants have better lives than me?

Merry McRib-mas! A holiday poem in celebration

Yesterday marked the glorious return of America's favorite onion-ed, pickled, sauce-slathered, probably-pork sandwich. Much to my delight, the McDonald's location at 505 East Colfax Avenue is now serving the McRib sandwich -- and thanks to McDoo's extremely persuasive "Get a second McRib for $1," I ... More >>

Photos: Obama counters Romney's Red Rocks event with huge City Park rally

With election day less than two weeks away, Colorado is continuing to get a lot of love from both presidential campaigns, and for good reason: The state is divided. This fact was evidenced yesterday by a massive City Park rally for the president less than 24 hours after Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan pac ... More >>

Debate 2012: Romney and Obama attack, Jim Lehrer loses control -- the media room view

President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney squared off inside the University of Denver's Magness Arena last night, once again bringing the national spotlight to the Mile High City -- as the two candidates discussed the economy and the role of government in a surprisingly un ... More >>

Photos: Hate, love, chaos and spin before and after Denver debate 2012

Last night's presidential debate was a long time in the making for both the city and the University of Denver, and proponents of both sides are still weighing the results of the candidates' coal-loving, Big Bird-cutting, anniversary-celebrating round-about on domestic policy. Here, we take you insid ... More >>

Debate 2012 drinking game and fallacy bingo: Get informed, get blitzed, or both!

Planning to watch Denver's first-ever presidential debate tonight? Getting together with friends and family to do it? Well, here are a couple of suggestions that could make the evening livelier no matter who emerges from the talk-fest with the best reviews: a presidential debate drinking game and "D ... More >>

Ditch the drinking games and start the 2012 Presidential Debate At-Home Boot Camp

If your plan is to drink 47 shots every time Barack Obama chides Mitt Romney over his "47 percent" remarks during tonight's presidential debate, you're going to have more immediate problems than the latest jobs report. For an alternative to debate-night drinking games that will absolutely be better ... More >>

Ed Perlmutter, Joe Coors launch attacks during season's biggest Congressional debate

Candidates for Congress fielded questions for hours this morning at a forum in Thorton where six politicians debated the economy and job creation, taxes, energy policy and unsurprisingly, health care -- launching a jam-packed week of political events in Colorado.

Obama in Golden, Colorado: Is the ninth time the charm?

Ninth time's a charm. President Barack Obama was back in Colorado this morning, marking his ninth visit to the state this year and his third campaign stop here in just three weeks. The crowd of thousands flocking to Golden -- and the surrounding traffic jams and street closures -- served as yet an ... More >>

Dick Morris says Obama won't win because his supporters aren't going to vote

Mitt Romney is not attracting much Latino support, and his outlook is even bleaker when it comes to black voters in Colorado and across the country. But a lot of folks like these who would vote for President Obama probably won't bother to show up. The result? A Romney win. This is the logic of Dic ... More >>

Obama in Boulder: Libertarian zealots, Romney bashing and (maybe) a 3OH!3 sighting

Barack Obama's appearance in Boulder on Sunday brought out Rich Black Mormons (one of them, anyway) and thousands of others -- a fascinatingly varied swath of humanity willing to swelter in the heat for hours for a chance to stand on CU-Boulder's Norlin Quad, sight of the annual 4/20 celebration, to ... More >>

Mitt Romney will win Colorado and the election, says CU forecast

Mitt Romney will win key swing states like Colorado and become the next president of the United States. So says a new study released this morning by the University of Colorado -- and the researchers behind the forecast say they have a solid methodology that ensures their predictions will probably ... More >>

Photos: Ten people in Denver on why they came to see Obama speak

A week after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney brought his campaign to Jefferson County, President Barack Obama is making stops in Colorado, highlighting the importance of this key swing state. Today, thousands of supporters filed into the Auraria Event Center to hear Obama speak, which ... More >>

Photos: Barack Obama talks women's issues, health care in Denver

If Barack Obama wins Colorado, he'll win the election. That's what the president said today in a campaign stop in Denver -- and based on the focus of his speech, it's clear that his campaign believes women's issues are a key component of the battle to secure votes in this crucial swing state.

Anti-civil unions lawmakers: Fight Back Colorado asks which should be sent packing

Fight Back Colorado, a group devoted to defeating lawmakers in November's election who voted against a bill to legalize civil unions, is soliciting input on exactly which lawmakers to target. The campaign has launched a survey called Send 'Em Packin' that asks supporters to pick their three least fa ... More >>

Photos: Mitt Romney talks report cards, Obamacare, Missy Franklin in Jeffco

Underscoring the importance of Colorado in the presidential election -- and the significance of Jefferson County in the race to win this key swing state -- Mitt Romney held a rally today in Golden, marking his first campaign stop since returning from his trip in Europe.

Gloria Neal on new AM 760 gig, following David Sirota

Last month's announcement that David Sirota and Michael Brown would team up to replace Dan Caplis and Craig Silverman on KHOW opened up a 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. weekday vacancy on AM 760, Sirota's previous radio home. But rather than hire another ideologue to fill the slot, Clear Channel Denver, which ov ... More >>

Andre Miller: Was the price of new three-year contract right for the Denver Nuggets?

Denver blog posts are fire-resistant. Denver Stiffs' Nate Timmons on the Nuggets signing Andre Miller to a three-year deal for what he sees as a reasonable price. Colorado Pols: If Obamacare survives, could one of Jon Caldara's future children die? The Redheaded Slut: I pierced a girl (and I like ... More >>

E.J. Dionne on the Supreme Court, cable news and evangelicals

Only a few hours after the Supreme Court declared Obama's health-insurance mandate constitutional, we spoke with Washington Post columnist and NPR commentator E.J. Dionne, who was at the Aspen Ideas Festival promoting his book, Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age ... More >>

Eva Longoria and Obama campaign team up to promote women's issues in Colorado

The Obama campaign is hoping to make news in Colorado for something other than today's presidential visit to the Waldo Canyon fire zone in the Springs. The fight for swing state votes will hit Wheat Ridge Sunday, when Obama staffers will join former Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria for the lau ... More >>

Supreme Court health care ruling: Advocates praise it, tout Colorado reforms

Big news today for Barack Obama and, you know, tens of millions of Americans across the country: The Supreme Court of the United States has finally issued its ruling on the Affordable Care Act, essentially deciding to keep most of it intact. And advocates in Colorado are cheering the news, saying it ... More >>

West End Flats and Health Center bring 101 low-income units, clinic

In the past week, Denver has welcomed the creation of almost 200 units of low-income housing for families and former members of the city's homeless community. Today, seven days after Bluff Lake Apartments launched 92 units, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless marked the grand opening of the $17 ... More >>

Jeremy Guthrie clearance sale: Rockies look to dump big off-season acquisition

Denver blog posts are rich in protein. Purple Row's Andrew Martin has seen enough of pitcher Jeremy Guthrie to conclude he's not a solution for the Rockies' problems -- a good thing, since the team is reportedly seeking to deal him. Square State's Zappatero wonders: How can Doug Lamborn be so stup ... More >>

Howard Simon, ACLU executive director, says Florida voting changes are racist and wrong

Editor's Note: The following is a guest-post by Chuck Strouse, editor-in-chief of Westword's sister paper, the Miami New Times. It's video side-bar to Strouse's piece that ran in Westword this week, "Welcome back, Jim Crow: A tradition of keeping African-Americans voters from the polls."As I show in ... More >>

Video: Thanks Obamacare! clip pleads "Don't Deny Us" as Supreme Court mulls ruling

Last November, we introduced you to ThanksObamacare.org, a local website aiming to transform "Obamacare" from an attack label used by opponents of the 2010 health-care law to a term of endearment. This week, the site's released a new video, "Don't Deny Us," which expands on this theme as political o ... More >>

Medical marijuana: CO Supreme Court ruling leaves patients unprotected, plaintiffs say

Last year, marijuana activists asked the Colorado Supreme Court to hear the appeal of a precedent-setting case involving MMJ patient Jason Beinor, who was fired from his job for failing a drug test. Now, by a 3-2 vote, the Supremes have declined to take up the matter -- a decision the plaintiffs see ... More >>

Meth misdemeanor bill backer disputes John Suthers, state meth task force

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is currently in Washington, D.C. for U.S. Supreme Court hearings on the Affordable Care Act. But in his absence, his office registered his objections to Senate Bill 12-163, which would, among other things, make possession of meth a misdemeanor rather than a cla ... More >>

Supreme Court doesn't have to use Commerce Clause to end Obamacare, says Jon Caldara

Denver blog posts want you to want them. The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic chats with Jon Caldara about two "game-changing" Obamacare briefs the Independence Institute has filed with the Supreme Court. The Grazing Mind's Jarod Ballentine presents a Trinder Farms tour. South Stands Denver's ... More >>

Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh's idea of a slut, comes to Colorado

Denver blog posts have been working out. Colorado Pols on the appearance of Georgetown law student and Rush Limbaugh-described slut Sandra Fluke at a Denver event to mark the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Denver Stiffs' Nate Timmons: Birdman is the last Nugget remaining from the 2 ... More >>

Victoria Jackson's excellent Tea Party adventure

Westword's new home page a lot better than these embarrassing past designs

​Looking at Internet page design from years past has an almost high-school-prom-like photo quality to it. That color scheme! Those buttons! Why is that blinking?! Westword's gazillionth new redesign, which just went live, will look like one of those prom shots a few years from now. But right ... More >>

Thanks Obamacare! website aims to turn partisan slur into positive term (VIDEO)

Obama caring.​The term "Obamacare" was originally conceived by opponents of President Barack Obama's health-care reforms as a way of hanging what they saw as a political albatross around his neck. But now, a group of Colorado activists have embraced the word with ThanksObamacare.org, a website ... More >>

Inside the NFL lockout: Key details in an upcoming deal?

To show he was a union man, De Smith used to wear a hard hat at all times, until he realized how humorously his head is shaped.​With the NFL lockout and its accompanying hand-wringing now stretching out into what experts estimate is its billionth month, it seems the tides are turning, with a c ... More >>

Is Mexico the true home of the Tea Party?

John Suthers, twelve other attorneys general, team up to kill health-care law: Read the lawsuit

"The Florida guy had to write the whole thing...."​Yesterday afternoon, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced that he would be joining "nearly a dozen" fellow AGs across the country in suing to stop the just-signed health-care law from taking effect. Since then, the number of bandw ... More >>

John Suthers declares newly passed health-care plan unconstitutional

John Suthers doesn't like sitting on the sidelines.​Colorado Attorney General John Suthers isn't a shrinking violet. Whereas some politicians would rather avoid fights, he eagerly wades into them, fists up, ready to swing, as he's proven repeatedly in his public comments about medical marijuan ... More >>