America comes to table today, tables, for the most part, laden with individual expressions of a common menu, a metaphor for the nation itself. America pauses today, if but for a moment, in collective recognition that despite our differences and our problems, we have many reasons to be grateful. Law,...

Always the pitbull of a spokesman for Governor Ritter, Evan Dreyer described it this way:

"A rather ridiculous publicity stunt."

He's referring to a demonstration held last Thursday that called on Governor Ritter to stop clowning around when it comes to confronting global warming. But the real...

I like Thanksgiving for more than the food, for more than those cute turkeys-made-from hand-tracings kids do in elementary school, for more than the Mile High United Way Turkey Trot.

I like Thanksgiving because in this hard-bitten world, where the challenges seem so overwhelming and the odds so long, it...

The supply of cheap coal is no longer abundant. Seventy percent of Colorado's electricity comes from coal plants and that is too much today, and over time it will become an impediment to economic growth. - Tom Sanzillo

Most experienced investors know that the way to invest safely is...

He's getting ready to turn 59 next week, and has spent more than half his life as a stage and screen actor. And during an impressive career in which he's played the good (The Right Stuff), the bad (Pollock) and the hideously ugly (A History of Violence), four-time Academy Award...

Lean and mean. The well-worn aphorism is wearing thinner in this economy, but I admit it's what came to mind when I read "Toward a More Competitive Colorado," the fifth annual study by the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (MDEDC) of our economy relative to the other 49 states....

Almost two decades ago, a friend told me that I'd end up in the barrio. Those words pierced my already deflated ego like staccato stilettos. I hadn't even reached the apogee of alcoholic existence when he gave voice to a terror I'd long nurtured but didn't dare acknowledge. Even as...

In the backrooms of the Colorado Republican Party Gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis is bowing deeply to Tom Tancredo. Tancredo has threatened to run for the nomination and McInnis is working hard to avoid a party split that would ultimately doom his candidacy. I believe that Tancredo is the Democratic Party's...

The release of Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, has been an occasion of great frivolity amongst those of us on the left. We get to mock her inability to tell Iraq from Iran and her penchant for rewriting her fuck-ups as frustrated angst. For good measure, we rerun all her...

In all the talk about budgets and dollars and cents and how much to spend on homelessness, it's important to remember the human beings we are making decisions about.

During this holiday season when we celebrate our blessings with our families, I find it is important to remember those...

Paul Berberian -- one of those classic, renowned Boulder entrepreneurs -- gave the kickoff address recently as the University of Colorado in Boulder launched its annual entrepreneurial contest called the New Venture Challenge.

Berberian has ranged far and wide in his entrepreneurial career. He made it very clear...

Tell me, how can you believe a Republican candidate's claim that he's bowing out of an election for the good of the Republican Party, but then he refuses to endorse the remaining viable candidate, thus setting the stage for the destruction of the Republican Party.

It doesn't make sense, but...

Denver is a city in love with its newspapers. Even in 2009, many residents still cling to the scent and grime of fresh newspaper print. But as the recent loss of the city's beloved Rocky Mountain News still lingers, the focus now turns to saving the publications remaining. In an...

The Problem of Leisure: Denver's Essential Concert Calendar Nov 20 - 26

The Problem of Leisure gets you in on the ground floor this week as we feature concerts that offer fans a chance to hear some local music from the newly minted foursome Le Divorce (featuring ex-members of Everything...

Given the incredibly precarious situation the Dems find themselves in, I wonder if electing a pack of blue dogs in order to gain a "majority" was worth the now very real risk that the party will chew itself to pieces via stubborn ideological bickering.

To that end, we'll be...

Setting a festive table can be the most, or least, enjoyable part of hosting the Thanksgiving gathering.

Some hostesses see the dining table as a blank canvas awaiting heirlooms of Damask, polished silver, sparkling crystal and china, while an expanse of naked tabletop puts others into a tailspin of anxiety.

It was Condoleezza Rice who ordered the CIA to use torture techniques including genital mutilation, fingernail extraction and electrocution in countries across the world.  This is the chilling accusation made by documentarian Sebastian Doggart in his new film, American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi.

The Denver Film Festival has secured what...