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12:40 pm, Jan 19, 2005
National Public Radio (NPR) is running a two part series on the growth of Colorado Springs' evangelical movement, highlighting James Dobson's Focus on Family Values and Ted Haggard's New Life Church.
The city has become a special place for evangelical Christians, like Ted Haggard, pastor of the 11,000-member New Life Church and president of the National Association of Evangelicals. Haggard came...
7:00 am, Jan 19, 2005
Suddenly I'm spending a whole lotta time in a new part of town. NoDo seems to be the Next Big Thing. At least for night owls like myself.
NoDo is that oddball mixed-use district northeast of LoDo, where spiffy remodeled red-brick brewpubs (bright with gleaming wood floors and brass fixtures) rub elbows with old dusty warehouses and groaning trucks on loading docks. Among the industrial...
11:59 pm, Jan 18, 2005
Colorado Pols.com observes that Wellington Webb's campaign for chairman of the Democratic National Committee is faltering, largely because he can't even get Colorado Democrats to line up behind him.
The post and its comments include a lot of speculation as to why this is true, but I think the best explanation is simplest: Big city mayors inevitably make enemies, because the job is one with so...
1:09 pm, Jan 18, 2005
There will be a hearing of the Colorado Transportation Board tomorrow in Grand Junction to discuss nine alternatives as a response to the anticipated increase of traffic through the Eisenhower Tunnel in coming years. Among the items to be discussed is funding and whether a toll should be imposed.Wednesday's hearing will be from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Country Inn of Grand Junction, 718 Horizon Drive...
11:54 pm, Jan 17, 2005
What often gets overlooked in our remembrances of Martin Luther King, Jr. is that fact that he was, first and foremost, a Christian minister. And while much has changed for the better in this country since Dr. King's death in 1968, the same can hardly be said for the role of Christian ministers in today's American society. Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of fine Christian ministers here in...
8:34 pm, Jan 17, 2005
I suppose the interesting substantive point in this report about Governor Owens' meeting with the legislature's Republican caucus is that there really isn't a tremendous difference between the two parties' current proposals to resolve the state budget crisis -- both are advocating some form of permanent tax cut coupled with relief from the TABOR "downward ratchet" that prevents the state...
3:00 pm, Jan 17, 2005
Hip hop. Haiku. What do they have in common?
Poetry is the first element of hip hop, according to hip hop producer Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Records. Gotta respect the wordsmiths.
And both hip hop and haiku are part of Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam, a show that explores contemporary urban culture through poetry, spoken word, and music. Think slam poets, DJs, and performance...
2:00 pm, Jan 17, 2005
It's still growing.
The poker-playing bug has been hot for ages, but there's still room for something new. Check out the inaugural event for the Colorado Poker Series. I've heard it's selling out fast, so if you want to learn from the "Professor of Poker" himself, sign up for the two-hour lecture by Howard Lederer, card sharp and expert on Texas Hold 'Em.
Later, after a reception and...
1:01 pm, Jan 17, 2005
The tsunami that hit Asia last month has spurred massive drives for contributions, many of them from faith-based groups. Many of the groups pitching in are Christian. Most of the recipients of the aid are not. Most of the groups have chosen to follow the Red Cross code:Some U.S. groups - including the relief arms of the Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran and Methodist churches - follow a Red Cross...
9:23 am, Jan 17, 2005
We know from our server logs that lots of folks come to 5280.com looking for our May 2003 interview with John Elway, in which the Denver Bronco Hall of Famer candidly discussed his life after football, shared the pain of the recent deaths of his father and sister, and reflected on the end of his marriage.
Interest in the article when it was first published was unprecented: The issue sold out at...
