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Flags are at half-mast in Colorado today...as they have been so often this year

By Jonathan Shikes
Dec 18, 2012

Flags in Colorado will fly at half staff today, as they have been since December 14, to honor the children and adults who were killed in Newtown, Connecticut. They'll be raised again to their full height on Wednesday -- unless of course there is another tragedy, another senseless death in...
Five reasons why Papa John's should raise the dough for employee health care

By Jenn Wohletz
Nov 16, 2012

Papa John's CEO John Schnatter has been outspoken about cutting employee hours to less than thirty hours per week so that he doesn't have to pay their health insurance costs -- as mandated Affordable Health Care Act -- or Obamacare; he has cited concerns over the estimated $5 to 8...
Try President Obama's two White House honey beers today at Arvada Beer Company

By Jonathan Shikes
Oct 22, 2012

The presidential election is coming up quickly, and Arvada Beer Company is offering another way to judge one of the candidates: by his homebrew. The brewery, which is celebrating its one-year anniversary by tapping a brand-new beer each day through Saturday, will release White House Honey Ale and White House...
The music fan's guide to voting

By Patrick Rodgers
Oct 3, 2012

The defining narrative of American politics since the turn of the millennium seems to be that 'We the people' are screwed no matter who gets elected. Elect a Republican: We engage in pre-emptive war, the national deficit skyrockets, and we sacrifice education and infrastructure investment. Elect a Democrat hoping things...
Why the Obama campaign might want to rethink continuing to use U2's "City of Blinding Lights"

By Josiah M. Hesse
Oct 3, 2012

There's no question that the President -- in town this evening to debate Mitt Romney -- is a huge music fan. From quoting Sam Cooke during his '08 acceptance speech to randomly singing Al Green verses during a fundraiser to citing Stevie Wonder as being responsible for his marriage, Obama...
Six restaurants where Obama should eat near the University of Denver

By Lori Midson
Oct 2, 2012

Independent of his wife's stance on healthy eating, here's what we know about President Obama's food preferences: He likes pizza, as evidenced by his recent jaunt to the Sink in Boulder; he has a special fondness for burgers, a fact that's been documented in just about every city he's graced,...
Five craft beers Obama should drink while he's debating in Denver

By Jonathan Shikes
Oct 1, 2012

President Obama has been making a point of drinking beer on the campaign trail this year, from Pennsylvania to Iowa to Florida. It was a sore spot for him in 2008 when he was seen more as a wine-slurper than an an everyday beer-drinking kind of fellow, but it's a...
Megadeth's Dave Mustaine says the Aurora shooting was staged by Obama, while Marilyn Manson makes a joke about James Holmes

By Dave Herrera
Aug 17, 2012

See also: - Deadmau5 disses Playboy model for her tweet joking about Batman shooting - Dark Knight Rises composer Hans Zimmer honors Aurora shooting victims - Tim McGraw and other musicians pay tribute to the Aurora shooting victims - Neil Diamond donates proceeds from merch sales to Aurora Victim Relief...
Avery Brewing's Ale to the Chief returns to presidential beer politics

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 14, 2012

Tiny little Colorado, with its nine electoral votes, could make a big difference in the presidential election this year. Just ask President Obama, who has visited multiple times in the past three months, and Mitt Romney, who dispatched vice presidential selection Paul Ryan to our high-altitude swing state just two...
Chicago's Goose Island will brew some of its signature 312 beer in Colorado's 970

By Jonathan Shikes
Aug 13, 2012

Update: In addition to tentative plans to brew beer in Colorado (see below for the original story and an update from a Goose Island spokesman), the Chicago brewery also plans to distribute all of its beers in Colorado beginning September 1, including its rare and highly sought-after brews. "You will...
Obama's Secret Service gets a burger fix at the Cherry Cricket

By Jonathan Shikes
Apr 25, 2012

President Obama may have made the biggest splash during his two-day trip to Colorado at The Sink in Boulder, but Secret Service staffers knew where to go in Cherry Creek North for a late-night snack during the darker hours -- no, not that kind of snack...
Mark Udall's Congressional team-building game plan: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

By Kenny Be
Jan 19, 2011

Mark Udall, the Colorado senior senator who has recommended a mixed-party seating arrangement to symbolize unity during President Obama's January 25 State of the Union speech, has an extended game plan for continued political cooperation.....