Richard Nixon

The House I Live In blends explosive statements and soft scenes

Hail to the Chiefs

Marijuana: Amendment 64 rep sees new TV ad as positive alternative to negative campaigning

If you're watching the Democratic National Convention on either MSNBC or CNN, there's a good chance you'll catch of glimpse of Richard Nixon. Why? He's featured in a new ad for Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act -- and like the campaign's first commercial, released in May, it take ... More >>

Marijuana: Amendment 64 rep sees new TV ad as positive alternative to negative campaigning

If you're watching the Democratic National Convention on either MSNBC or CNN, there's a good chance you'll catch of glimpse of Richard Nixon. Why? He's featured in a new ad for Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act -- and like the campaign's first commercial, released in May, it take ... More >>

A gonzo guide to the Republican National Convention

My Teenage Angst diary reading packed with stories of perms, popularity and prudes

As a willing participant at Friday night's My Teenage Angst on-stage diary-reading event, I had some pre-show fears: What if my entries weren't as funny as I remembered them being? What if other people's entries weren't funny? What if the whole thing fell apart because someone unintentionally read f ... More >>

With J. Edgar, Eastwood goes deep into Oliver Stone territory

War on drugs' 40th anniversary: Protesters at Skyline Park say policy has failed (PHOTOS)

​Forty years ago today, President Richard Nixon declared war on drugs -- and according to protesters who gathered at Skyline Park earlier today, that's forty years too many for a failed policy that's done more damage than good not only to America, but to countries around the world.

Drug war: An unhappy 40th birthday party

​On June 17, 1971, President Richard Milhous Nixon announced that the United States of America would commits its vast resources to armed conflict against a hostile enemy known as "drugs." Yes, that's right. Next week, the War on Drugs officially turns forty years old, and it's showing every bi ... More >>

Dyn-o-mite! Black Dynamite's badasssss screening

​If it weren't for a few smirking touches of ironic self-awareness, you'd swear Black Dynamite was straight out of the blaxploitation era. Not only does it feature the baddest motha-shut-yo-mouth since Shaft and Sweet Sweetback rolled into one, plus a ridiculously convoluted plot reaching to t ... More >>

Glee surpasses Elvis on the Hot 100, signaling the death of originality

Elvis meets Nixon to fight drugs: 40 years ago today

Sellout.​On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley sealed his fate as the first rock and roller who got too old and joined the Man. The White House meeting between The King and Richard Nixon was the former's idea -- he'd written a six-page letter proposing the visit and asking to be made a Federal A ... More >>

Gratuitous Randomness: The many faces of Richard Nixon

​Of all the U.S. presidents -- George W. notwithstanding -- Richard Nixon might have been the most unintentionally hilarious. A dour, glowering grinch with a cat's disposition and a simian's posture, Nixon nevertheless had a surprisingly expressive face, in a silly-putty sort of way, that make ... More >>

Amendment 62: Pro-Personhood video says Colorado responsible for decline of America

From the video.​The website for Personhood USA, the organization pushing Amendment 62, which declares that the term "person" applies from one's biological starting point, doesn't come across as scary. At this writing, it sports the smiling face of Tim Tebow's mom, who supports the measure. But ... More >>

Andrew Romanoff's debt retirement party: Was selling his house really a good idea?

Andrew Romanoff.​Andrew Romanoff, who came up short in his bid to defeat Michael Bennet in the Democratic Senate primary, is the guest of honor tonight at a party (details below) to celebrate his 44th birthday -- and to help retire his campaign debt, which would be even more oppressive if he h ... More >>

Bill Ritter announces new home for moon rock: Colorado School of Mines' Museum of Geology

Bill Ritter.​Yesterday, Governor Bill Ritter and Colorado School of Mines President Bill Scoggins revealed the new permanent location for Colorado's "Goodwill" moon rock. From now on, you'll be able to find the once lost and recently found rock at the School of Mines' Museum of Geology.

Geek Bowl IV: How geeky are you?

Mysteries of Sheehan's Desk: Day 8

Candygram...​ Yesterday, I talked about my infamous Richard Nixon mask -- which hung in a place of honor at my desk for years before being packed away in a box to await our move to more expansive editorial digs. Today, the story behind memento that hung right next to Tricky Dick: my shark ma ... More >>

Mysteries of Sheehan's Desk: Day 7

Someday, I will pass this on to my children with pride​ Because of an office construction project, I had to clear off my desk -- which meant moving seven years of accumulation. Every morning, I'll share another uncovered item with you. Yes, folks, that is it. The famous Richard Nixon mask ... More >>

The mysteries of Sheehan's desk

​ That picture above? That's my desk as it existed this morning, shortly after I was told that I was going to have to move that glorious collection of crap, box it all up and put it in storage while the Westword offices are remodeled. I love my desk. Seven years of shwag, seven years of not ... More >>

Frost/Nixon

Langella and Sheen capture a summit of egos in Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon

Watching the debate? Pick your party

Things that Won’t Be at the Presidential Memorabilia Exhibit

Over the Weekend: Nixon in China @ the Ellie Caulkins Opera House

Singing Dick

Q&A With Gary Hart

Keystone Hangover: Will the Clinton/Obama Race Ever End?

Richard Nixon and Front-Page Denver Post Editorials

Q&A With Carl Bernstein

Trivial Pursuits

Rockin' with the Browns

Neil Young

Living With War (Reprise)

Blackfire Revelation

Tuesday, October 18, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

The Gonzo Goodbye

Memo to: J. Wenner
From: Gig LeCarp, National Affairs Desk
Re: HST Sendoff

Deep Impact

A documentary revisits the moment that porn went mainstream.

Bite Me

You Are What You Eat

Best Nine-Dollar Steak

Club 404

Bite Me

Space Invaders

Various Artists: The American Song-Poem Anthology

Do You Know the Difference Between Big Wood and Brush (Bar/None Records)

My Dinner With Rummy

Politics -- and proximity -- make strange embedfellows.

Career Remix

DJ Paul Oakenfold heads in a new direction -- and not everyone wants to follow.

Foreign Intrigue

Travel uncharted culinary seas at Ocean City Restaurant.

Best Vintage Upholstery Goods

American Fabric Upholstery Goods Company

Best (theatrically speaking) political farce

Nixon's Nixon

Best local theater company season

Aurora Fox Theatre Company

Of Lies and Men

The truth comes into question in this pair of plays.

Lambchop

Nixon
(Merge)

Off Limits

Low Voltage in D.C.

TRICKY OLIVER