by Tom Yulsman Except for the shoulders of Longs Peak and other mountains in the distance, almost no snow is evident in this picture taken above Gem Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park last Friday. The lake sits at 8,830 feet. (PHOTO: Courtesy Tom Yulsman)
Archive | March, 2012
Will 2012 be the summer when Colorado finally burns to the ground?
I suspect very few of us Coloradans will ever forget the day, a few years back, when our nitwit former governor posed before the cameras and pronounced that “today, the entire state of Colorado is on fire.”
GOP lemmings a-leaping? 2008 redux?
Time for a glimmer of a prospect of optimism. If I never try it out, after all . . . how will I know how it feels. The GOP, in short, appears to be doing its best to destroy itself, a sustained, gruesome death march to minority status. Hear, hear, who thought they’d outdo Palin for VP?
International community: Zombie apocalypse not likely
Daniel Drezner’s visit to Graceland a few years back taught him something important about writing about zombies. Fellow tourists seemed to fall into two contingents: The first contingent was thoroughly, utterly sincere in their devotion to all things Elvis. They were hardcore fans, and Graceland was their Mecca, their Jerusalem, and their Rome…. The second […]
Keeping up with the Murdochs
Quite a lot has happened since we last turned to the antics of the Murdoch clan, so time for an update. First, let’s do a little score-keeping—last August we gave Rupert and James Murdoch six months in their current jobs. Well, I’ll take 50%, thank you very much, if you grant I was a bit […]
Is it a felony when companies ask for Facebook passwords? My letter to the FBI…
It has recently come to my attention that you thought it would be really clever to ask prospective employees for their Facebook passwords so that you could peek under the hood and see all the goodies about them that they don’t care to make public. I’m not entirely sure what it is you hoped to […]
Republicans never let a chance to call Obama an appeaser pass them by
Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post called President Obama’s remarks to Russian President Medvedev a “stunning gift” to Republicans.
This just in: the surviving members of Aerosmith sell out (BIG TIME), and can somebody get Mr. Perry a tissue?
It has been observed, here and elsewhere, what a fucking embarrassment Steven Tyler has become. Once Aerosmith was among America’s greatest bands, and today they occupy the #5 spot (with a bullet) on my Oh How the Mighty Have Fallen list. It was refreshing, then, when Joe Perry brought the hammer down on his silly-ass […]
S&R Poetry: Two poems from Ron Yazinski
Boulder Ghost Tour Because I want to see ghosts, I pass the two rooms in this hotel that are said to be haunted. I want to see the filmy image, at the end of the hall, holding a bony finger to his lips Telling me I’ve said enough and now is the time to listen; […]
TunesDay Special: a fond goodbye to Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs, the legendary master of the bluegrass banjo, is dead at 88. It was just a few days ago that I was writing about the music that I grew up with, and rest assured, Flatt & Scruggs were welcome in the Smith household. There’s honestly not a lot I can say that I feel is […]
Dear "small government" conservatives: that Thoreau quote doesn't mean what you think it means
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, they say. How true, how true, especially when it comes to reducing the wisdom of brilliant, complex minds to their pithiest quotes. In a recent thread on what has become of the GOP, one commenter went all-in with Henry David Thoreau’s famous (and greatly abused) edict: that government […]
S&R Honors
Click here to learn more about past honorees...- Saturday Video Roundup: “Imagine the Band,” by John Lennon and Wings
- The Rest is Noise (6)—Descent into the Maelstrom
- I hate handguns, but I have still considered owning one
- Redneck jokes are racist
- Largest study of peer-reviewed literature to date finds overwhelming climate disruption consensus (UPDATED)
- Mystery Unraveled: How a white, moderate, married, churchgoing, middle-class, middle-aged woman could vote for Obama
- An open letter to Burt Rutan, regarding his WSJ commentary on human-caused climate disruption
- Meet the men of Match.com: Really, guys, are you serious?
- Climate scientists still besieged
- Pelosi on Bush: “He’s not worth impeaching”
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wufnik: Thanks Jim. I haven't read the Danto book, but I s…
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Lex: I'm glad i'm not a Progressive, because not being …
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Jim Booth: Wonderful piece, Wufnik. I'm currently reading Art…
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Fnay: Having recently put three kids through college (tw…
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satanicpanic: I've thought about this myself. Other than needin…
