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Rocky Flats still off-limits during National Wildlife Refuge Week

Bucks at Arsenal.This is National Wildlife Refuge Week, and the feds are encouraging you to "see what wildlife refuges are doing to conserve America's wildlife heritage." But when I asked if I could see Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, the regional U.S. Fish & Wildlife office declined that requ ... More >>

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Women and children first! Travel back to 1912 on Colorado Public Television

Mrs. J. J. Brown was never known as Molly. She cared much more about helping the poor in turn-of-the-last-century Denver than she did with crashing what passed for high society. She did not strip to her corset while rowing lifeboat #6 after the sinking of the Titanic, although she kept the group goi ... More >>

49 things younger than 49-year-old Rockies pitcher Jamie Moyer

Every story about Rockies pitcher Jamie Moyer, including our cover story this week by Caleb Hannan, prominently features the word "old." But because, rightly or wrongly, that word can have a negative connotation in our society, we decided to focus for once on something young in relation to the 49-ye ... More >>

Barack Obama snubs the Brown Palace...again

The Brown Palace has hosted every U.S. president since Teddy Roosevelt first visited in 1905, thirteen years after the hotel opened, except for two: Calvin Coolidge and Barack Obama. And now Obama has snubbed the Brown again, opting to stay at the JW Marriott in Cherry Creek last night...after slumm ... More >>

Barack Obama at CU-Boulder: University more excited for POTUS visit than 4/20

When chatting about President Barack Obama's planned visit to CU-Boulder this evening, university spokesman Bronson Hilliard and Ryan Huff, communications director for the CU Police Department, couldn't sound more different than they did when discussing the last sizable event on campus -- the annual ... More >>

Winning Movember, week 4: On the sexuality of the mustache

It's nearly Thanksgiving, and since gratitude is for the weak, I'm thankful this year for one thing and one thing only: imminent victory. As we move into the fourth week of Movember, that great month during which brave men attempt to eradicate cancer by growing mustaches (thus raising awareness, whi ... More >>

Reader: Palace Arms should be embraced over Inverness

Inside the venerable Palace Arms.​After reviewing Edge, the restaurant in the fancy-pants new Four Seasons, Laura Shunk served up "Denver's five best hotel restaurants." Edge didn't make the list. Nor did Palace Arms in the Brown Palace, a second snub for the venerable hotel that has hosted ... More >>

P.T. Barnum didn't live here, but that doesn't stop the stories

Barack Obama follows Calvin Coolidge's lead, snubs Brown Palace

Brown Palace 1892.​A week after Snobama buried the Front Range in hype and hope, we're still shoveling out -- and just dug up this fun fact: The Brown Palace has hosted every U.S. president since Teddy Roosevelt first visited in 1905, thirteen years after the hotel opened, except for two: Calv ... More >>

Edge at the Four Seasons is a sure bet for spotting Denver's 1 percenters

Mark Manger​When President Barack Obama came to Denver last week, he snubbed the Brown Palace -- which has hosted every president since Teddy Roosevelt except Calvin Coolidge -- for the Four Seasons.

Sarah Vowell on Hawaii, monarchy and Unfamiliar Fishes

​At 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sarah Vowell will sign copies of her latest tome, Unfamiliar Fishes, at the Tattered Cover LoDo, 1628 16th Street. We caught up with Vowell about her inspiration for the book, what she learned and how this book fits into her previous body of work.

Roosevelt and DC Comics top our new release picks for November 23, 2010

​It seems like each holiday season is accented by a new, heavily researched American history novel. We'd venture a guess that it's because they sell well as Christmas presents, usually given to the mom or dad that simply "likes history." What else are you going to buy these folks, a time trave ... More >>

Tom Tancredo & "Ask a Mexican" columnist Gustavo Arellano keep talking in debate videos

Gustavo Arellano.​Update: The immigration debate continues, two days after the November 16 face-off that pitted Tom Tancrtedo against "Ask a Mexican" columnist Gustavo Arellano. "Gustavo seems to speak out of both sides of his mouth," one commenter suggests. "Of course Tancredo is a racist al ... More >>

Story about ubiquitous Crocs footwear most-read on Washington Post in past year

​Get ready for the shock of your life: There are a lot of Crocs haters out there -- which explains why a 2009 article about the Niwot, Colorado company's financial troubles has been the most viewed item on the Washington Post website this year. But that doesn't stop people from donning the col ... More >>

John Eldredge wanted to inspire men to find their inner warrior, not a Mexican drug cartel

Ken Salazar under fire: Can he survive the spill?

All systems go, but which way? Out the door?​It was fairly predictable that Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar would emerge as the whipping-boy of conservative pundits over the Deepwater Horizon spill. What better symbol of the alleged impotence of the Obama administration than a cowboy-ha ... More >>

The truth about the Downtown Aquarium's poorly confined piranhas

As you may have read last week in "Denver Aquarium Unequipped to Handle Piranha Attacks or Reporter Queries," on a recent visit to the Downtown Aquarium I was disturbed to discover just how easy it would be to stick my hand into the open-top piranha tank -- and even more disturbed by my irrational ... More >>

Hoof on the Roof: The Buckhorn Exchange

In the Bush with Bwana Banyan, Part I

Political Face Off

Trading Spaces

Lakewood voters are stuck between a ditch and Red Rocks in an upcoming special election.

British Bulldog

A new Stout Street pub with bite.

Chris Elliott Rips a Yarn

Funny man Chris Elliott bangs out his first novel.

Off Limits

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Off Limits

Let us eat cake

Bite Me

Something to Chew On

Egg Roll to Go

Easter hops into northwest Denver.

Lunch Meet

Whose glass is half full?

Letters to the Editor

From the week of May 9, 2002

This Arsenic Is Tasty

The comedic classic still presents a fairly potent, laugh-filled brew.

Ground Hero

Heroes and zeroes can change places over time, according to a new exhibit.

Crossing the Finish Line

Mark Plaatjes just ran out of time.

Timber!

Tempestuous political winds are blowing through Colorado's busiest forest.

A Fine Bill

Old West Rendezvous, Saturday, February 26, Buckhorn Exchange

Negative Thinking

Colorado Historical Society photography lecture.

Nostalgia Trip

Mind Your Manors

Time Warp

Doing Pennants

Hat Tricks

Think Big

Mouthing Off

What Hit Us?

Long Before "Asteroid," moviemakers made their mark on Colorado. A guide to some high and low points.

See Dick Run. Run, Dick, Run!

The looniness of Colorado's long-distance runner.

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