(Updated July 31, 2012, 2:15 pm MT) I’ve lived all my life in Tornado Alley without ever hearing of a tornado in the Rockies. Wrong terrain. Wrong conditions. Right? Wrong. Saturday a tornado was seen and photographed on Colorado’s Mount Evans at an elevation of 11,900 feet. It has been confirmed by the National Weather … Continue reading Tornado at 11,900 feet
Last night things got “interesting” here in Thornton, the north Denver suburb where I live, at a movie theater I was in just a few months ago. And more recently, so were my grandkids and their parents. James Mapes went into the theater openly carrying a holstered weapon. Yes, Colorado is an open carry state, … Continue reading Ten kinds of stupid
Western wildfires have been in the headlines far too much this year. The news has been dominated for months with photos of fires and firefighters and various aircraft dropping water and retardant. Antiquated aircraft in many cases, accident-prone, and too few of them. Replacements needed. Urgently. Yesterday. So in comes the Rand Corporation with a … Continue reading Aircraft and forest fires: Who’s the expert?
(Updated July 29 at 1:20 pm MT) Overlooked by American media yesterday, as far as I know, was Hamadou Djibo Issaka, a 35-year-old rower from Niger. He learned his sport just three months ago and earned a wildcard invitation to the London Olympics “to strengthen the principle of universal representation.” He finished last in the … Continue reading Why I watch the Olympics
(Updated August 12, 2012, at 1 pm MT) Fareed Zakaria is always the voice of reason, it seems to me. He always makes his case in carefully reasoned, low-key, non-partisan terms. He recently discussed guns and gun control in his What in the World segment. Clicking the image above will take you to it. If … Continue reading Zakaria on gun control
Maureen Dowd at The New York Times sharpened her claws and went after Mitt Romney yesterday. If you haven’t had enough of that sort of thing already, you might enjoy her piece. It includes a pretty good summation of both Mitt the Man and Mitt the Twit. Actually, there isn’t much difference. Check out “Mitt’s … Continue reading Mitt’s Olympic meddle
