Seven Rockies Fan and Player Resolutions for 2018

It’s early April, and everyone in Denver knows what that means: Opening Day. That fabled day comes on Friday, April 6, at 2:10 p.m. The Rockies will host the Atlanta Braves, and try to start a home season that rivals the legendary run of 2007, when the Rockies hit every green light on a street-race to the World Series.

Ten Great Not-Just-for-Kids Kids’ Books

Our own Michael Roberts recently reported on HBO’s John Oliver and his March 18 takedown of Mike Pence, specifically regarding the vice president’s history of opposition to the reality of homosexuality and his support of the extremely anti-gay Colorado Springs outfit Focus on the Family. In Oliver’s methodical skewering of…

Seven Ways to Improve Caucus Turnout

The voters of Colorado got together Tuesday night to start the process of electing the state’s next governor — or at least some voters did. Back in 2016, energized by what they thought was going to be a banner year for Democrats in America’s highest office (surprise!), caucus attendance numbers were some of the highest ever — which meant that about 13 percent of active voters participated. That’s a pretty low number to label high.

Seven Ways Crocs Could Be Cool Again

Can we call it a comeback? Niwot-based shoe company Crocs recently announced the launch of a new line of the eponymous footwear, a signature collection by noted actress and shoe-wearer Drew Barrymore, called The Drew Barrymore Hearts Crocs Color Block Collection. Except the “Hearts” is really just the heart symbol, because 2018 and because texting and because the death of language.