Ted Haggard

Despite a tragic summer, Colorado is still the real sunshine state

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The Thorn, a Vegas-style passion play, takes Easter up a notch

For hundreds of years, Christians all over the world have been telling the story of Jesus Christ's life and death in the form of dramatic theater. From the devout actors in the Philippines using actual nails-through-the-hands, to Mel Gibson grossing $600 million portraying the bloodiest Jesus in Hol ... More >>

Reader: Ted Haggard swapped agendas...and mates...with Gary Busey

ABC pulled a swap with the first segment of Celebrity Wife Swap, moving up the episode that had been scheduled for next week to this past Tuesday. And what swap led off the new season? Pastor Ted Haggard traded wives with Gary Busey, sending his mate -- who already deserved hazard pay for weathering ... More >>

Strange but true news stories from the past year

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Denverites do it at 8,000 feet, according to Westword sex survey

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The Simpsons gives Aron Ralston, 127 Hours one-armed salute in "Treehouse of Horror"

Video below.​Colorado's own Aron Ralston may have thought he'd received the ultimate tribute when the movie 127 Hours was made about his famous arm-amputating ordeal. But that's nothing compared to being satirized on The Simpsons' annual "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween spectacular, which aire ... More >>

Ten Coloradans who should make an "It Gets Better" video

High-five for gayness!​This week we told you about Andy Szekeres, a partner in the political consulting and fundraising firm 3PG, who is indirectly urging the Denver Broncos football organization to make an "It Gets Better" video, much like everyone from the President Obama to Ke$ha to the New ... More >>

Denver ranks as the third most socially networked city in America

What week is it? A breakdown of everything you could be celebrating, January 31 - February 6

The groundhog of your discontent.​When push comes to shove, February is and pretty much always will be Black History Month -- that's the only one they teach you about in school, anyway, mostly by telling you about Martin Luther King, Jr., the least threatening to white people of the civil righ ... More >>

Celebrity Santas whose laps we fear to sit on

​Aside for obvious problems with suspension of disbelief -- how are we going to pretend Chris "The Birdman" Andersen is Santa when we already know he's The Birdman? -- hiring a celebrity to play Kris Kringle can create a slew of dissonance and mildly disturbing associations, particularly if th ... More >>

John Elway, Josh McDaniels honored at Denver Film Festival: Kenny Be's Fotoshop Friday

Full posters featured below.​ The joy of living in Denver is that every moment of every day is exciting enough to be a Hollywood movie. Whether it's politics, sports or the arts, the weird, wonderful and wacky people of Denver -- and their pursuits -- would make for a fantastic full-slate at t ... More >>

Ted Haggard gets a new church and a new set of views

feastoffun.com / flickr​The best of today's Denver blogs What's Ted Haggard been doing lately? Well, for starters, he's opened a new church, and 5280 reports that his recent tweets are reflecting some curiously liberal views on religion. A "concerned citizen" clues the Denver Egotist into a ... More >>

Dog the Bounty Hunter: Joran van der Sloot is "a wheeler-dealer, a conniver and a serial killer"

Dog on Joy.​Joy Behar must have a thing for guests with Colorado connections. Last week on her Headline News show, it was Ted Haggard pimping his new Colorado Springs church. And last night, she jawed with Dog the Bounty Hunter about suspected Natalee Holloway killer Joran van der Sloot, who's ... More >>

Top 10 Colorado shmucks of decade

​It ain't easy being a shmuck. Not as mean as an asshole, not as ignorant as a shithead, a shmuck takes idiocy to an epic level, a moron whose fall from grace has far-reaching repercussions. We've been celebrating weekly shmucks for a long, long time -- but to be named one of Colorado's top 10 ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Is Ted Haggard "full of the devil" -- or someone else?

Life was more boring without you, Teddy boy.​Our forecast for Colorado online users: continued blogginess. The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic waxes rhapsodic about a Ted Haggard profile in the Los Angeles Times featuring the rhetorical question, ""Am I full of the devil?" Resist making a ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Trade Kenyon Martin for Shaquille O'Neal? Are you kidding?

I'd rather have Ben Stein suit up for the Nuggets than Shaq.​Colorado blogs that fulfill the USDA recommended amount of cyber. Andrew Feinstein at Denver Stiffs floats the possibility of the Nuggets trading Kenyon Martin for Shaquille O'Neal, who's dragged down both Phoenix and Cleveland in r ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Paula Woodward makes some news

Paula Woodward's departure from Channel 9 is not good news -- except for loafing workers and, probably, Woodward herself. She deserves a break after 32 years at the station, 32 years that have seen some major changes in the television business. Woodward popped up in one of the first issues of Wes ... More >>

Ardor in the court: Ted Haggard v. Judge Toler

TV star Ted. At 6 p.m. tonight, Denver gets to see the first episode in what's being billed as a "very special two-part Divorce Court." Through the mysteries of TV programming, I'm watching it right now in Tucson. And Judge Lynn Toler isn't giving "the former reverend" Ted Haggard and his wife of ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, April 1 edition

Scary... No foolin'. Today in Backbeat Online: • Former Sleeper Horse/Blackout Pact frontman has new band. • Flier of the Week: Night of the Living Shred at Tooey's. • Record Store Day preview: Bob Dylan gets obscure on vinyl. • Getting started with local music, part one. • Singer charle ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Revving up for the week ahead

You auto know better: In advance of the Denver Auto Show, which revs up in the Colorado Convention Center April 1 through April 5, the Metro Denver Automobile Dealers Association is hosting the second annual Rocky Mountain Auto Summit today, covering everything from technology to financing to gree ... More >>

Last Night: Joe Rogan at Comedy Works South

Near the end of his hour-long set at Comedy Works South last night, Joe Rogan's previously polished routine devolved into a call-and-response act, with audience members yelling out keywords off of which Rogan could riff. They yelled DPT, he did five minutes on Dipropyltryptamine, a gnarly psyched ... More >>

New York Times calls play about Colorado Springs "inquisitive"

The poster for "This Beautiful City." The New York Times yesterday published a review of This Beautiful City, a play about Colorado Springs that, in the words of the New York-based theater troupe that performs it, "explores the Evangelical movement and its unofficial U.S capital." The Times praised ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 29 edition

Scared yet? Today in Backbeat Online: • Flier of the week: Minor Authority at the Gothic. • Talking during shows: the musicians' perspective -- Eric Shiveley. • Talking during shows: the musicians' perspective -- Kurt Ottaway. • Talking during shows: the musicians' perspective -- John Com ... More >>

Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: Ted Haggard's insurance policies

Like a good Neighbor, Ted Haggard is there... and this time, he's back as a "traveling insurance salesman," pitching his policies from motel rooms with these slick brochures... -- Kenny Be

Wake-Up Call: The week ahead, from calf-ropin' to budget-bustin'

Governor Bill Ritter was at the last day of the National Western Stock Show, taking in the rodeo with his family (Ritter was one of twelve kids, all raised on a farm in eastern Aurora) -- and enjoying a few light moments before the hard work of the week ahead. When a steer broke free of his handle ... More >>

The long silence of Matthew Murray's parents

Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any comments from Ronald or Loretta Murray in the one-year anniversary stories about the church shootings in Arvada and Colorado Springs. But then, the Murrays haven't been eager to talk publicly about the multiple tragedies spawned by their deeply disturbed son ... More >>

A John McCain Attack Ad I Can Get Behind

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the week of 7/10/2008

The "Welcome Back Haggard" Theme Song

The Top Ten Welcome Home Gifts for Ted Haggard

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the week of 3/20/2008

Jonesin'

Me and Mr. Jones

Risk Averse

Colorado Springs police don't name a crime victim because of his advanced age, even though he shot and killed his attacker.

Matthew Murray, Ted Haggard and Double Lives

Matthew Murray’s Nightmare of Christianity

The Broncos, the New Life Church and Arvada Shootings, and Local TV Priorities

Larry Craig Shlepped Here!

Sex marks the spot at these DIA bathrooms.

Shine On

The creative breakup of former business collaborators leads to one new magazine, with another on the way. Can the city support both of them?

A Nexus of Excess

Revenge of the Nerds

More know-it-alls are taking to the bars to show off their big brains and pickle them at the same time.

Drinking — and Reading — Liberally

More liquid assets from progressive thinkers.

Go South

Make a break to Colorado Springs. No, you don't have to be religious.

Relax, Tinky Winky -- Jerry Falwell is Dead

What the Butt?

Santa Baby...

Some culinary wishes and dishes for the new year.

The Devil's in the Details

Suspicions Confirmed

Taking the Fifth

By Hart

Gary Hart on blogging, the media and his life's third act.