Are the local dailies ideologically biased? And if so, in which direction? These questions get asked over and over again, and this morning provided ammunition for folks on either side of the political divide. The issue at hand centers upon a dustup between Massachusetts Senator (and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee)…
On innumerable occasions, I’ve tried to enjoy baklava and managed not to do so, always finding it too sweet or too sticky or too spiked with rosewater, too goopy or too stiff. Finally, I’d gotten to the point where I’d assumed baklava was just not to my taste — like…
Hugh Grant wears a cape, and Cat knew immediately that she would cotton to anyone who wears a cape. But then she got the director of the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art on the phone, and now she has a bit of an intellectual crush on him. He’s…
The Prestige, a Christopher Nolan-directed flick about turn-of-the-century magicians that stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, has received generally positive reviews from critics at area publications, including Westword; to read Scott Foundas’ take, click here. Somehow, though, such scribes have only made passing reference to the large chunk of the…
The sky continues to be the limit for Captain Energy Dan Mayer (pictured), the energy-drink guru-cum-reviewer-cum-designer whose August profile in Westword can be found here. The Associated Press recently penned a piece about the rise in popularity of energy drinks and their potential danger to youngsters who suck the sugary…
It can be tricky, running the toughest prison in the entire country, but it’s hardly ever dull. One day you’re getting blasted by lawmakers because security is too lax and convicted terrorists are managing to send letters out to new recruits. The next you’re in the doghouse with a federal…
In a March 2003 article, the Columbia Journalism Review declared Denver Post owner Dean Singleton to be a “newspaper surgeon” because of the trims he’s made at properties acquired under the auspices of MediaNews Group, the sprawling company he heads. Some of these procedures have saved patients such as the…
But you’re going to be cold, you say, in a strapless cocktail dress. Or maybe you need something a little edgier for that Halloween party than what The Cat’s Pajamas offered below. Problems solved: Just throw one of Lynne Bruning’s Wookie coats over your shoulders, and you’ll be ten feet…
The Cat’s Pajamas has always hated Halloween. She never liked having to dress up in some stupid-ass Tiger or Princess or Cheerleader costume. She was never much of one for make-believe, so the whole effort just somehow seemed pointless, even if candy was involved. There was this one time, however,…
After Rocky Mountain News photog Todd Heisler (pictured) won a Pulitzer Prize this year for his work on “Final Salute,” a sprawling piece that also earned a Pulitzer for reporter Jim Sheeler, there was no doubt that other publications would look to hire him. The only question, then, involved whether…
We’ve got to figure that The Milagro Beanfield War — a story as rare, joyful, mysterious and full of life as a Truchas sunset — was a real no-brainer pick by Mayor Hick as this year’s One Book One Denver read. But because the Southwest classic by John Nichols (pictured)…
A Message column published last month focused on Albert Manzi (pictured above), the new publisher of the Boulder Daily Camera, as well as the president and CEO of Prairie Mountain Publishing, a joint MediaNews Group-E.W. Scripps enterprise that oversees a slew of local publications, including the venerable Colorado Daily. In…
Since we went public this week with Westword’s myspace/myrace pages for the six Colorado gubernatorial candidates, much action has occured on the profiles we created on myspace.com. Both Bill Ritter and Bob Beauprez have gotten hundreds of page views in the past few days, but Democrat Ritter (who also has…
Some sage advice overheard at Moontime: “These girls wear $500 shoes and $300 bags into a bar and then get mad when some guy spills a beer on them. I tell them, “Then don’t wear $800 worth of accessories into a bar.'” The Cat’s Pajamas couldn’t agree more. Because if…
In the current edition of Westword, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford (pictured) talks about his new novel, The Lay of the Land; that item, along with information about two booksigning events, can be eyeballed by clicking here. But there was much more to the conversation than could be squeezed onto…
Dan Heidel met Qusair Mohamedbhai while waiting for the bus. Every weekday morning, Heidel would walk from his apartment to the stop at Ninth and Downing, then catch the #12 bus to the Brown Palace Hotel, where he worked as an assistant comptroller. It was his routine: He knew the…
Bryan Bonner is the last of the original founders of the Rocky Mountain Paranorma Research Society, started in 1999 “to study and help people with paranormal phenomena.” Up to thirty times a year, the group is asked to chase down ghost stories or other spooky sightings. Last year, one of…
The debate over whether blogs qualify as journalism isn’t terribly useful. After all, a lot of the stuff on TV newscasts isn’t journalism, either, and it won’t be until the definition of the latter is broadened to incorporate coat drives, blooper reels and chuckle-heavy conversations about the next day’s forecast…
Twice this past summer, I left business cards at the west Denver home of Joetta Bailey, asking her to call me about her 22-year-old son, Brett Allen Andrews, who’d been arrested in July at the scene of an auto accident, where he’d pretended to be a paramedic while brandishing an…
Happily ever after? Not quite yet for the six men who signed up for the February installment of Thailand Romance Tours, a find-a-bride service based in Denver (“From Denver With Love,” March 2). Sammy and Yuvaree come closest to being a poster couple for the business. Sammy proposed to Yuvaree…
When I first moved into my house, there were three purchases I intended to make immediately. I wanted a barbecue, on which I could quickly determine what foods can be grilled. What’s cooking tonight, Adam? Glad you asked: macaroni and cheese, Hot Pockets and flan. The second buy would be…
Follow the Money Mind your business: Regarding Michael Roberts’s “Downturn,” in the October 19 issue: I believe that business reporting is down because the businesses that control TV want to deflect attention away from business. They want to vote down the new minimum wage. They want “business as usual.” To…
