Domestic Abyss Westword has provided a very valuable public service with its June 11 report on domestic violence, "Hitting Them Where They Live." But you didn't stop there: The domestic-violence stories were also good (if depressing) reading, told with the usual Westword flair. Congratulations are in order to all involved...
Can We Be Frank? Westword has sunk to a new low with Dewey Webb's "Final Episode" Killer Curse, in the June 4 issue. At last you look like the sleazy tabloid you really are. Ray Brown Denver The connection between the last episode of Seinfeld and the death of Frank...
Underground Railroad After reading Patricia Calhoun's "Up From the Underground," in the May 21 issue, I wonder if anywhere in this city is safe--above ground or below. Thanks for the alert. Mae Powers via the Internet "Up From the Underground" was a great article with the inclusion of some Colorado...
Is Sonic Youth the Grateful Dead of indie rock? At first the question seems laughable. Whereas much of the Dead's appeal can be traced to the accessibility of the assortment of American music that inspired it, Sonic Youth has consistently challenged its audiences by drawing upon influences that exist on...
Petty Is As Petty Does Trust Westword to mock the Denver Post's Snapshots of Colorado. Ward Harkavy's "They Came from Denver!" in the May 21 issue was a sorry excuse for journalism. At least the Post is trying to make this state a better place. What is Westword doing? Larry...
Coming Into the Country While reading Harrison Fletcher's wonderful account of Morey Davolt's life ("Country Cooking," May 14), I found myself so nostalgic over his memories, I almost felt like I'd lived in his era along with him. Or maybe just wish I had? Great writing! Thanks. Bill Rupy Loveland...
Business as Usual Regarding Stuart Steers's "Incident on 17th Street," in the April 30 issue: I am absolutely amazed at the whining of the ex-Hanifen Imhoff corporate executives. These people were all on the topmost bloodthirsty rungs of an American business. They prate about loyalty and ethics. Didn't their years...
Conservative Estimates Regarding Ward Harkavy's "Life of the Party," in the April 9 issue: Okay, I get the impression that Ward Harkavy won't be voting for Bill Owens for governor. From the cover of your paper, showing him with fingers crossed (implying that he's a liar), to the negative spin...
Conduct Unbecoming Regarding Alan Prendergast's "Zero for Conduct," in the April 23 issue: It was good to see Mr. C'de Baca get some ink. I'm a former Denver Public Schools teacher (I left voluntarily, by the way), and I have seen what he's talking about firsthand. He does, however, ascribe...
The Killer Inside Us Congratulations are due to Westword and Alan Prendergast for "The Killer and Mrs. Johnson," in the March 19 issue. Although I do not believe Jacob Ind should be released from prison, I think his story should remind us of what monsters are created when parents do...
Down Pat Is it any coincidence that Colorado's two biggest mouths--Schroeder and Calhoun--share the first name of "Patricia"? I don't think so. Nor is it a coincidence that Calhoun would write a column championing her heroine ("Standing Pat," April 16), when Schroeder has done nothing more heroic than write a...
It's the Bomb! Patricia Calhoun's "Civics Lessons," in the April 30 issue, made me nostalgic and sad. Twenty years ago people in Boulder cared about something other than themselves and wearing the right clothes and driving the right cars. Twenty years ago we worried about the world and the global...
Nike Town In Stuart Steers's story about the Nike Corporation wanting to place itself upon the pedestal of the South Table ("If the Shoe Fits," March 12), he mentioned that Coors spokesman Jon Goldman had said, "I don't see these folks offering to have their homes leveled and converted to...
Cockeyed Optimists Wonderful column by Patricia Calhoun on the legacy of Gary Hart's Monkey Business ("Ship of State," March 26). It's hard to believe that this country has gotten even more cynical than it was a decade ago, but reading through all those hopeful letters to Hart, I realize it's...
A Big Zero Regarding Michael Roberts's "Double Trouble," in the March 26 issue: One would have to be a masochist to call the Jay Marvin radio talk show, particularly if one doesn't agree with the so-called leftist's rantings and ravings. The man can't have a reasonable conversation with anyone with...
Sealed With a Kiss Off C'mon, Westword. With Bill "Colorado Is Not Enough Like Texas" Owens poised to take over the governor's mansion and sign much of the legislation proposed by the Arvada/ Colorado Springs contingent of crazies, you give us endless variations on U.S. Representative Diana DeGette's alleged snub...
An Affair to Dismember Patricia Calhoun's "Sealed With a Kiss," in the February 12 issue, was superb--simply wonderful! It was the ultimate Calhounism. She hit the proverbial nail on the head at every turn. She drove the nails through Governor Romeo's glib talk and feckless conduct. Romer does not realize...
There Auto Be a Law I read with high moral indignation, considerable irritation and an extremely jaundiced eye Tony Perez-Giese's "Take It for a Ride," in the February 5 issue, about the need for regulation in the car business. I was one of "them" for three months in 1995, and...
Paper Trained Patricia Calhoun's "Birth of a Notion," in the January 29 issue, gave me chills. I didn't live in Denver in the Seventies, or even the Eighties, so I appreciated learning how far we've come and also what we've lost. Congratulations, Westword. Larry Smythe Denver I just wanted to...
Better Read Than Dead Regarding Harrison Fletcher's "Seeing Red," in the February 19 issue: Has Westword ever met a Communist it didn't like? Forgive me if I don't break out the crying towels over Pat Blawis's passing. In the early part of World War II, the Nazis and the Communists...
The Hype Report Alan Prendergast's January 22 article, "City of Hype," claims that "no other city in the world has to put up with so much drivel in the name of sports journalism." While I agree that it is ridiculous bordering on the offensive, I lived in Los Angeles for...
Joseph C'de Baca can see where this is going. He was supposed to be the third speaker on the agenda for the Denver Public Schools monthly public forum, but school board president Sue Edwards keeps calling other names instead. Magnet schools, anti-smoking campaigns, fair pay for janitors--the speakers come and...
