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10:08 am, Feb 3, 2005
Gov. Bill Owens has joined the fray over University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill's controversial remarks about September 11. He's calling for Churchill to be fired. Owens wrote a letter to be read at a Republican Rally at C.U. Boulder. It included these passages:
All decent people, whether Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative, should denounce the views of Ward Churchill....
9:52 pm, Feb 2, 2005
Mardis Gras madness has just about begun. There will be plenty of bead-throwin', boob-flashin', and beer-swillin' fun to be had here in Denver, but if you're feeling the call of fresh powder, Vail has a crazy weekend scheduled.
Skip the goggles and grab a mask for the Mountain Dew Verticle Challenge, or hit the town for bar specials at the Tap Room (hurricanes, beads, t-shirts, cajun food) or...
2:51 pm, Feb 2, 2005
When bad things happen to a lot of people around you, it has one of two mental effects. You either cheer up, and realize how very lucky you are since your life is not crumbling all around you, or you get a little paranoid that you just might be up next on the Murphy's Law wheel of fortune.
I have several friends all going through major life issues right now. One has flown home all the way...
8:28 am, Feb 2, 2005
Colorado Senator Ken Salazar may be having an identity crisis. Monday, he came out swinging against President Bush's plan to change social security. Tuesday, when at least 30 of the 45 Democrats in the Senate said they will vote against confirming Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General on Thursday, Salazar announces at a private luncheon that he will support Gonzales.
Armando at Daily Kos is...
8:27 am, Feb 2, 2005
The Colorado Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in Robert Harlan's death penalty appeal, stemming from the 1994 rape and murder of casino cocktail waitress Rhonda Maloney. Although the jury voted for death, the trial court later threw out the death penalty when the defense learned that five jurors had consulted the Bible during deliberations:Defense attorneys challenged the sentence after...
6:39 pm, Feb 1, 2005
Feel that slight vibration in the ground today? That's the aftershocks from last night's Freak Train, a freak-alicious theater hodgepodge that rolled through the Bug Theater last night. This amateur open stage night is always wild, and you never know what you might see. Possibilities include comedy, theater, music, tapdancing, and/or singing monkeys and many more bizarre performances.
Go...
4:08 pm, Feb 1, 2005
I'm all about new experiences. So of course I bought my ticket and volunteered to help out at the first CSO On Tap brewery concert last night. This was the inaugural event for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra's new young patron group, newly named UnStrung. The idea is to introduce orchestral music to new audiences, raise funds for CSO, and create fun, unusual events to appeal to a young and...
1:54 pm, Feb 1, 2005
Hamilton College has cancelled an appearance by Ward Churchill, citing death threats against the University of Colorado professor who caused a firestorm of controversy by criticizing the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Churchill resigned his position as Department Chair of the Ethnic Studies program yesterday.
Churchill said the World Trade Center victims were not innocent and deserved to die...
1:46 pm, Feb 1, 2005
Colorado Attorney General Nominee John Suthers, currently the U.S. Attorney for Colorado, sailed through his confirmation hearing, if you go by the vote total -- it was 6-0 for confirmation. But, eight people took the time to address the commmittee in person and air their complaints with Suthers.
Randy Brown of Littleton accused Suthers of failing to investigate law enforcement actions related...
7:52 am, Feb 1, 2005
Colorado's newly- elected U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar has come out swinging against President Bush's plan to privatize social security. The President is expected to detail his plan Wednesday night in his State of the Union Address.
The president wants to allow younger workers to divert some of their Social Security taxes into private stock and bond investment accounts in return for lower guaranteed...
