This is Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. By now you may recognize him because he’s been in the national news this week. Why? Because after nine months of cautioning us about Covid-19 and just 30 minutes after tweeting that we should stay home and not travel for Thanksgiving, he hopped a plane to join his wife … Continue reading Meet Hancock the hypocrite
It’s gone. The mysterious, gleaming monolith in the Utah desert is gone. In its place, a sad little cairn. Now we are left to speculate about who removed it Friday night, and why. The Bureau of Land Management says they didn’t take it and they don’t know who did. Was it removed by the person … Continue reading About that Utah monolith
The mysterious, unexplained Utah monolith was discovered by helicopter pilots who were out counting bighorn sheep in a rugged part of the state. Spectacular, isn’t it? Beautiful in its simplicity. And the best part is that no one knows why it’s there or who put it there. Some theorize it’s a random piece of street … Continue reading Second best story of the week
The years have flown by, but this 1943 (my birth year) Saturday Evening Post cover illustration by Norman Rockwell will always be my Thanksgiving. This is how it looked when I was growing up. Stay safe everyone and enjoy your day, whatever form it takes this year. I’ll be home alone, but electronically sharing the … Continue reading Wishing everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving
Yesterday President-elect Joe Biden introduced some of his cabinet nominees and appointees. I didn’t see the live event but I was particularly impressed by the staging. And I’m not even sure why. Maybe because everyone was masked and socially distanced, so unlike any of Trump’s appearances. But it was more than that. It felt like … Continue reading A return to dignity
This story was all over the news today, but in case you missed it, here it is again. As John Wick would tell you, never mess with a man’s dog. It’s amusing that this little pup is named Gunner, but maybe his owner is an Arsenal fan. Or maybe it’s Gunnar, the old Viking name … Continue reading Never attack a man’s dog
