By Christine Sismondo
I used to tell people that I got interested in cocktails because my parents were into wine and it was my way of being a rebel. In comparison with cork-sniffing and vintage-cataloguing, quaffing cocktails seemed a lot more fun -- and a whole lot less...
Barbara Bruno | Posted May 29, 2012
With results ranging from Albert Haynesworth to Brett Favre, it can be hard to tell whether a high-priced and high-mileage star player can take an NFL franchise from on-the-precipice to the promised land. Can one huge signing, like Peyton Manning maybe, put your favorite squad over the top? Somewhat surprisingly,...
Ree Varcoe | Posted May 28, 2012
There's something about the New Zealand landscape that is just a little beyond special. I'm not talking about the natural, ever-changing and rugged beauty of the place itself, which hits you squarely in the eye at every corner -- that's something we tend to take for granted. It's more the...
Chris Powell | Posted May 27, 2012
Let's be honest: Working out can be monotonous. We go in the gym and hit the same routine every time. After a while, we start to feel like a hamster on a wheel, doing the same thing over and over... and oh yeah, not getting the results we are working...
Dylan Ratigan | Posted May 26, 2012
As our nation starts to draw down the wars overseas, over a million vets will be re-entering civilian life over the next five years -- one of the largest in our country's recent history.
This Memorial Day weekend, we are focusing on the next mission facing our war...
Carolyn Scott | Posted May 25, 2012
Yippee! Summer is officially here! Beach time, pool lounging, road trips, movies and outdoor parties! Memorial Day marks the start of the "fun in the sun" season, so kick it off with an awesome get-together and killer food! Check out our fun menu of recipes below as well as some...
Chris Krapek | Posted May 25, 2012
I have a penis.
After several careful calculations, I think I've roughly seen it a few millions times in my life. I've never considered it to be that humorous. Penises, out of context, aren't inherently funny, are they? Situational penises can be funny, I guess. Shrinkage, sexual malfunction, size...
Marshall Fine | Posted May 25, 2012
If the same proportion of people in the United States saw The Avengers as the percentage of French citizens who have seen The Intouchables, the Marvel super-hero-fest would have grossed well over $1 billion domestically (instead of slightly less than half of that).
As it is, The Intouchables, opening in...
Miller Hudson | Posted May 24, 2012
The humorous proverb that any community too small to support a single lawyer can always support two, characterizes the competing constitutional challenges now working their way through Colorado's state and federal courts. The conservative Mountain States Legal Foundation announced this week that it would be challenging the Legislature's FASTER program,...
Tom Engelhardt | Posted May 24, 2012
Whistling Past the Graveyard of Empires
Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com
It’s the saddest reading around: the little announcements that dribble out of the Pentagon every day or two -- those terse, relatively uninformative death notices: rank; name; age; small town, suburb, or second-level city of...
Wade Norris | Posted May 24, 2012
It seems that Mike Coffman of Colorado is doing his best to hand his congressional seat over to the Blue column, but for those not familiar with Mr. Coffman, he is not just a birther caught with a live microphone.
Mike Coffman was Colorado's former Secretary of State...
Caitlin Balch-Burnett | Posted May 23, 2012
There is more than one way to help wildlife in Colorado. In addition to speaking with your elected officials about the importance of protecting crucial environmental laws and writing your local newspaper about regional wildlife conservation issues, you can also help wildlife by getting outside and getting your hands dirty....
Vanessa Berben | Posted May 23, 2012
The Touching Documentary Gets a Two Day Screening At One of America's Longest Running Film Fests
The Lost Bird Project tells the story of sculptor Todd McGrain's journey around the world to memorialize five birds driven to extinction in modern times. Travelling...
Jen Caltrider | Posted May 23, 2012
Since 2009, we have seen millions of Americans benefit from Obamacare. Obamacare is lowering the cost of care, expanding access to care and improving the quality of care. There are many things we are thankful for, like the fact that insurance...
Connie Lawn | Posted May 23, 2012
This post was co-authored by Charles Sneiderman.
The two young founders of Ski Butlers, Bryn Carey and Riley Tippet, were the Western Region winners of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award. While they did not win the overall award -- this year -- they were...
Lisa Bloom | Posted May 23, 2012
Graduation season is upon us, and with it all the speeches about shooting for the moon, going for the gold, nothing is impossible, yada yada. I myself have delivered three such college commencement addresses in recent years.
But as I've spent the last year crunching the numbers and talking...
Jason Salzman | Posted May 23, 2012
When KBNO radio host Fernando Sergio launched his weekday Spanish-language talk show in 2004, you'd have been completely crazy to predict that the President of the United States would call in for a chat about seven years later.
But now, who's surprised? Well, I was, to be honest,...
Chris Barnes | Posted May 25, 2012
With Memorial Day this weekend, many of us will be firing up their grills for the first time this summer. Although grilling in some ways can be easier to clean up afterwards than kitchen cooking, a grill involves special care. Regardless if you have a gas or charcoal grill, here...
Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted May 23, 2012
These days, gay parents are no novelty: We see them strolling through our neighborhoods, participating in our PTA meetings, and, perhaps most notably, appearing on our TV screens: Mitchell and Cam, fathers to Lily, on the ratings smash Modern Family; Glee's Sue Sylvester, expectant mom to a baby conceived with...
Matthew David Hopkins | Posted May 23, 2012
Want to throw the party of the season, but feel fresh out of ideas? With Memorial Day this weekend and many more reasons to celebrate this summer, try my "perfectly imperfect" approach to entertaining and your guests will remember your celebration for years to come.
Here are my 4...
Zester Daily | Posted May 29, 2012