Reader: Jesus Would Have Refused to Make That Cake, Too

A Colorado case is heading to the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 5, when Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, will argue that he has a right to refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple back in 2012. Our readers aren’t waiting for the decision.

Pod Save America Tour Is Coming to Denver

Pod Save America, currently the country’s hottest political podcast, is bringing its live tour to Denver in early 2018 in a double bill with its Crooked Media sister program, Lovett or Leave It. The shows will take place back to back at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Thursday, February 8, 2018, at the Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre.

Will Good Parents Let Their Kid Play High School Football Anymore?

At 2:30 p.m. Saturday, December 2, teams representing Pomona and Eaglecrest will face off at Mile High Stadium in the Class 5A championship game. But even as excitement builds for the contest, plenty of observers are wondering about something more fundamental: How much longer will good parents let their kids play high school football? This question is being asked more frequently in an age when worries about potentially fatal consequences from repeated blows to the head are growing. Now, research by a University of Colorado Boulder professor shows that 25,000 fewer boys played high school football across the country last season than the year before, continuing a trend that shows no signs of slowing.

Pot Profiling by License Plate Still Happening in Kansas, Victim Says

Since shortly after the 2012 passage of Amendment 64, which permitted limited recreational marijuana sales in Colorado, we’ve reported about alleged pot profiling. Over the years, multiple drivers have said they were pulled over for little or no reason while driving a car with Colorado license plates by state troopers in bordering states on the lookout for cannabis, with Kansas among the most frequently mentioned problem jurisdictions. Now, just over a year since a federal court ordered that pot profiling in Kansas end, a Denver-area resident tells us she’s recently been stopped three times in the state by law enforcers who apparently became interested in her the second she saw that her plate represented a legal-pot state.

The Colorado Cities Home Buyers Would Rather Move to Than Denver

In recent years, people have been moving to Denver in droves, lighting an even larger fire under the already red hot housing housing market in the Mile High City. And even though local home prices have moderated to some degree in recent months, a new analysis suggests that Colorado Springs and Boulder are currently more appealing to potential buyers than is Denver.

Denver Post Layoffs as Witnessed by a Surprised Survivor

Earlier this week, when we reported about a new round of layoffs at the Denver Post, we noted that we wouldn’t immediately know the identities of those leaving the paper because of the way union contracts work there, and in the days that followed, journalist Alex Scoville, age 23, learned firsthand about the volatility of the process. On Monday, November 27, she was told she’d be gone from the paper within weeks, but two days later, she found out her job was safe because other veteran employees had decided to leave voluntarily.

How South Park‘s Trey Parker and Matt Stone Can Make You Immortal for $10

Colorado-bred South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are offering fans of the Comedy Central staple what Parker describes in a new video on view below as “eternal life” for as little as $10. Specifically, folks who donate at least a sawbuck to the charity NEXT for Autism will be entered into a contest to have a character based on them be drawn into the show as one of the townspeople that have appeared in the background of scenes for more than twenty years.

Claim: Denver Is USA’s Worst City for Dating Because Mile High Bros Are Lazy

Denver is the worst city for dating in 2017 because too many Mile High City men make little or no effort when it comes to what they’re doing, where they’re going or how they dress, speak or act during such outings. In general, these lazy slackers would just as soon hang out with their bros than treat a date like she’s special. And while this behavior exasperates plenty of women, most of these potential partners let them get away with it.

Inside the War on Kratom in Denver and Beyond

Denver Environmental Health’s recently announced prohibition on the sale of kratom for human consumption is making news and stirring controversy from coast to coast. Among those concerned is David Kroll, a onetime cancer researcher and Colorado pharmacologist now working in North Carolina as a freelance health journalist for Forbes, among other outlets. Kroll is also a nationally recognized expert on kratom, as well as the historical roots of the governmental and financial forces currently lined up against it, and in his view, “banning it is going to hurt more people than it’s going to save. That’s my scientific prediction.”

Are Denver Cops Using Body-Camera Video Like a Cheat Sheet?

At present, cops employed by the Denver Police Department are routinely allowed to view body-worn camera video before writing reports about officer-involved shootings or in-custody deaths. In a report accessible below, a committee advising the DPD on its use-of-force policy advocates that this policy be changed in order to even the playing field with other witnesses and prevent officers from being able to spin accounts in favorable ways that fit the footage. But Chief Robert White is noncommittal about whether he’ll take this counsel.

Questions Google Wants Answered About Ten More Colorado Celebrities

We recently revisited one of our most popular posts of 2014 by finding out what Google thinks about ten of Colorado’s biggest celebrities right now. But our fair state has more stars than that, as you’ll see below in our latest look at the questions most frequently posed about Colorado luminaries by people using the search engine.

Why Colorado Tokers Love Bubba Fett

Born in Boulder’s Green Dream Cannabis cultivation, Bubba Fett is an indica-dominant hybrid with Pre-’98 Bubba Kush and Stardawg genetics. Not to be confused with Boba Fett or Bubba Fett OG, two indica-dominant hybrids with completely different lineages, Bubba Fett is currently a Colorado-only strain.