Wednesday, May 22, 2013
News
Liar liar
With claims ranging across the board, the race gets down and dirty between opponents Marsha Looper and Amy Stephens.
Congressional clatter
In the Republican race for our U.S. House seat, neither Robert Blaha nor Doug Lamborn is taking the Fifth.
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Long story short
"What's more important to the media," the campaign worker asks, "the facts of a story or the emotion?"
Ramshackle blues
Neighbors of dilapidated houses in Colorado Springs face a long wait for demolition. (Slideshow included.)
Campaigning blind
In some local primaries, outdated deadlines have made it impossible to follow the money.
Not working
Colorado's already-burdened unemployment system experiences more setbacks.
Mobile home
A food-cart collective sets its sights on the heart of downtown.
Noted: State joins SDS appeal
Also: City hiring six lawyers, region wants road money
Columns
New clerk: more to tell
What if you knew that Sarah Johnson was fired from her previous job last December? What if you knew that nobody shared that fact with City Council before its vote last week to confirm her appointment?
Going down with the ship
Equality is coming. You know it and I know it.
On selling what's priceless
Sell our public lands? Seriously?
CannaBiz: Another try for PTSD
Also: 56 percent support marijuana's regulation like alcohol
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Letters
Opinions on Mexican food, from margs to burritos, as well as pressing topics including trusting City Council, promoting MMJ and more.
He's a travelin' man
Let's look today at the intelligent and sophisticated Republican primary campaign in the Fifth Congressional District, a campaign in which Moe has accused Curly of jetting around the world.
Broncos: How about defense?
"How can anybody be that excited about the defense yet? I'm not."
Here comes the onslaught
Between now and November, it's going to be pretty hard to avoid political ads.
Attack of the neo-Swift Boaters
The risible, rooty-toot-tooters of the far-right wing have raised their partisan flag of xenophobic, supercalifragilistic Americanism in this year's presidential election.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
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Advice goddess
You aren't so much this guy's girlfriend as you are his backup girlfriend (the spare tire of girlfriendhood).
Food & Drink
Brazen Brazilian
Powers' new churrascaria, Tucanos, dances better than it dishes.
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Dine & Dash
Nawlins, Jill's Kitchen, Jives Coffee Lounge
Side dish: Brewery coming to Manitou
Also: Slice Pizzeria moving next to Zodiac
Music
Art for punk's sake
San Francisco's dearly beloved Mutants rise up from the ashes to infect a new generation
Still selling sanctuary
The Cult's Ian Astbury wields his weapon of choice
Motor city rebels
The Koffin Kats rev it up way past rockabilly
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Reverb
"After four weeks in the rehearsal room with Nine Inch Nails, it did not work out and so we parted ways."
Playing around
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues this week.
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Big gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
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Sound advice
Sara Watkins, Garbage, Tenacious D
Film
Cut to Black: Bernie
Black sells the idea of purity and compassion without peacocking, at least not excessively so. His every gesture seems to come from an honest place.
Grade expectations
To know 'The Truth' about a movie, you need to know yourself.
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Local film events
Big Fish and Cinemaholics.
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Cinefiles
Coriolanus, Newlyweds, Goon
Visual Arts
Bon Vivant
Native son Rodney Wood travels a new path of creation.
Stage
Giving us Moor
Star Bar dusts off Othello, nudging females toward the front.
Calendar
Special Section
War stories and other book notes
First up, on Saturday, June 2, photojournalist Steven Clevenger will host a signing and presentation on his book America's First Warriors: Native Americans and Iraq.
