“Before 9/11 Commissioner Richard Ben-Veniste talked about the ‘menu of horrible possibilities’ at the Aspen Security Forum,” blogs the Con Man, “I had already met the guy... Read more →
Dark Vader
“I watched the Republican charade on the Kagan nomination with somewhat bemused interest,” writes Post blogger Hugh McCormack in comment #1. Read More →
Denver Post Lights Up 520 Grill
“The place is owned by a couple of dudes, Aspen native Wheaton Augur and his buddy Troy Selby, a 16-year Aspenite. Augur cheerfully took my order. An equally friendly and exuberant Wheaton made the... Read more →
CON GAMES: Be Very Afraid, America
ASPEN, COLORADO – Before 9/11 Commissioner Richard Ben-Veniste talked about the “menu of horrible possibilities” at the Aspen Security Forum, I had already met the guy in the stained suit running... Read more →
Federal Accountability – the pursuit continues…
Last year, as one part of the mission of Common Sense Alliance, I prepared a report to the Colorado Transportation Legislation Review Committee, a group made up of state legislators charged with... Read more →
The Man They Love To Hate
In one of those only-in-Aspen stories, man about town Scott DeGraff has a trail of creditors on his tail, but will they be noisy enough to keep him from getting a new liquor license? Read More →
GOP Plays Gay Card With Kagan
“So far from the mainstream they need a telescope,” blogs the Con Man, “the Republican Party as we now know it simply can’t help itself when it comes to hiring Elton John and then decrying... Read more →
CON GAMES: GOP Playing Gay Card With Kagan
So far from the mainstream they need a telescope, the Republican Party as we now know it simply can’t help itself when it comes to hiring Elton John and then decrying those darn homosexuals. In the case... Read more →
Aspen Idea Re-Opens For Business
The Aspen Institute threw its newly revamped doors to the Paepcke Memorial Building wide open to the public in a progam that included sessions on Hebert Bayer, the Paepcke family, and the origins of The... Read more →
Turn The Deal Around
Local brokers are hoping a $24.5 million sale in McLain Flats is a sign that the bad old days are over–or nearly so. Read More →