Those lips are made for baby-smooching. The plan was simple. Take my 16-month-old son to the Joe Biden rally in Commerce City yesterday, so the vice presidential candidate could plant one on him. That’s the American dream, right? Getting your baby kissed by some utter stranger in the name of…
You can unpack now, Eleanor. Editor’s note: To get you in the mood for ballot-casting, The Latest Word is kicking off each weekday between now and the November 4 election with Buttoned Up, a look at political buttons from my family’s extensive collection… Lawyer and utility executive Wendell Wilkie didn’t…
This is how the 1st Avenue Hotel looked 91 years ago. Reading is fun-da-mental. Today in Cafe Society: • Counting up the cash Jesse Morreale paid for the 1st Avenue Hotel. • Westword restaurant-reviewing alum John Kessler shares memories of brew and beaver at the Wynkoop Brewing Co. • A…
Wouldn’t you have liked to have one of these in 2007? What were you doing one year ago today? I certainly remember what I was up to — frantically trying to buy tickets online to see the Boston Red Sox play the unlikely and amazing Colorado Rockies in their first-ever…
Those who attended Sarah Palin’s campaign appearance in Loveland yesterday were among the first to see the latest attempt by the folks at ProgressNowAction to tie John McCain’s candidacy to the legacy of George W. Bush: the Hug mobile. The display commemorates an awkward photo of McCain and Bush embracing…
The cover illustration for “Open Secrets.” The eleven-year battle of one Ugandan immigrant to win asylum in Denver hit a roadblock last week when an attorney for the local office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appealed his case for a third time. Earlier this month, Westword brought you “Open…
KS-107’5’s Larry Ulibarri, Kendall B and Kathie J looking animated. John McCain isn’t the only presidential candidate willing to take time out of his busy schedule to appear on a Colorado radio station. Today, Barack Obama got in the game, too, albeit at a very different spot on the dial…
“I’m Mark ‘Wiseguy’ Udall and my Tommy Guns and I approve this message.” You’ve got to hand it to those Republicans: They know how to promote Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Udall. First, they sent out a mailer suggesting Udall wants to make Colorado more European, which sounds fantastic. (Legalized…
John Temple. Rocky Mountain News editor/publisher/president John Temple has no shortage of detractors in and out of his newsroom, as he well knows. “I’m a pain in the ass,” he says, noting that he’s as likely to bust his employees’ chops over a dubious subhead as he is for a…
An image from the Solidarity Institute home page accessible from ecatholichub.net. In “Bob Beauprez Re-emerges — as a Pro-Catholic Robo-caller for Bob Schaffer,” a blog published yesterday, I wrote about a recorded phone message I received on Sunday in which 2006 gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez tried to persuade Catholics that…
My boot. Take a look at something I got last week. It’s eye-catching thanks to its hideous color, which I call “seizure yellow,” but it’s neither appealing nor comfortable — and it isn’t exclusive to a fab designer or a particular season. I’m talking about the Denver boot, which was…
“My finger hurts…” Shame. Disgrace. Dishonor. Humiliation. Embarrassment. Indignity. Ignominy. Awkwardness. Mortification. Degradation. Chagrin. Disappointment. Sorrow. Loss of reputation. Loss of respect. Loss of hope. Patriots 41, Broncos 7. — Michael Roberts…
Tricks aren’t only for kids… Editor’s note: To get you in the mood for ballot-casting, The Latest Word is kicking off each weekday between now and the November 4 election with Buttoned Up, a look at political buttons from my family’s extensive collection… I suspect there were quite a few…
Steve Lawler, decking it. May we interest you in some other blogs? Today in Backbeat Online: • A review of Steve Lawler at Beta. • A compendium of weekend-party pics ready for clicking. Today in Cafe Society: • A Milking It taste of High School Musical cereal. Zac, you’re so…
Hey look, everyone! Something happened. In our continuing coverage of things that happen directly outside our headquarters at 969 Broadway, Westword has obtained exclusive photos of a car crash that captivated passing motorists for as long as ten seconds but otherwise has no relevance to your life. When a Westword…
If you have a mother-in-law who needs to get Kimboed, make your way to the I-25 South Broadway entrance ramp. This gentleman is eager to help. — Joe Tone…
Say it ain’t so, Naughty! Things don’t look good for the Sheriff of Naughty-ham. The Denver-based Chief Federal Judge Edward Nottingham is in serious hot water now that 9NEWS has revealed that the Justice Department and the FBI are looking into allegations that he told a former prostitute to lie…
John Temple. If some press observers were surprised that the Denver Post endorsed Barack Obama for president despite de facto owner Dean Singleton’s rightward leanings (which led the broadsheet to support George W. Bush last time around), plenty of others were likely just as startled that the more conservative Rocky…
Dan Haley. In 2004, the Denver Post gave George W. Bush the most intellectually contorted endorsement imaginable, in part because MediaNews Group head man and Post publisher Dean Singleton, a personal friend of Dubya, more or less big-footed the editorial board into boosting his pal. (“Choice Cut,” an October 2004…
Slide show It was a perfect weekend for staggering lifelessly through downtown. After the jump, see what you missed this weekend while whacking that moose…..
Mike Coffman. Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman’s been on a roll lately. First, his office didn’t respond to a New York Times article claiming that thousands of names may have been illegally stricken from Colorado’s voting rolls — a public-relations botch he subsequently chalked up to “miscommunication.” Shortly thereafter,…
