I don’t like flying in the middle seat on airplanes. I feel cramped. But on a recent United Airlines flight from Chicago to Portland, Oregon I sat between two men and had the most fascinating trip. Joe sat on the aisle. He is a 70 year old college professor and psychiatrist. He and his wife were returning home after visiting family in New York. He was reading … Continue reading Flying in the Middle
Andrea Jaeger is a former tennis great turned nun who heard a higher calling. She now runs the Silver Lining Foundation which helps terminally ill children. One of the highlights of the experience has been camp for kids battling cancer which has been held during summer and winter months in Aspen, Colorado. She is now trying to sell her ranch to Chabad. The organization will … Continue reading Andrea Jaeger’s Silver Lining
Canadian Dave Carroll and his band, Sons of Maxwell, are not giving United Airlines a break after they broke his beloved Taylor Guitar. The sequel to United Breaks Guitars is out now. His first video received over 5,000,000 hits on YouTube and earned him appearances on the morning shows. The production of this video is a bit more sophisticated and it even has credits and … Continue reading United Breaks Guitars: The Sequel
My name is Ka$h (yes, that’s how it’s spelled) and I’m a chow shepard cross. I’m a former pound puppy who was adopted from the Denver Humane Society in October by a wonderful family. I was only a few months old when they got me and was already returned by someone else. When I came to my new home I had issues. I would pee when … Continue reading A Dog Speaks Out On Michael Vick
Dan Rather, former anchor of CBS News and now of HDNet’s Dan Rather Reports, with an interesting point of view on what’s ailing journalism today and how to fix it. Interested in your thoughts on this and whether you think democracy is at risk. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080703183.html Continue reading Dan Rather on Journalism
I was particularly moved by Denver Post reporter Karen Auge’s story about the death of one homeless man and the efforts to uncover his backstory. What probably made people notice this death is the photo of a trio of maintenence workers on the 16th Street Mall who were trying to revive him. To the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless each of these lives matter but how often … Continue reading A Denver Death Examined
If you’re looking to chill in New York City head to Times Square. Times Square? Are you kidding? One of the busiest, most chaotic places on Earth. Trust me. We were just there and everyone was relaxing. Mike Leonard of NBC’s Today Show has the story. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/32082122#32082122 For more information on Vicky Collins visit http://teletrendstv.com. Continue reading Relaxing in New York City
During the Clinton Administration there was a move to green up the national parks. One of the mandates was to source food locally. Today one of the most successful examples of this is Yosemite National Park. All the concessions are run by Delaware North and it has chosen not to go with commodities but rather to buy the produce, meats, eggs and dairy from local … Continue reading Yosemite: From Farm to Table
NOTE: THIS IS A REPRINT OF A BLOG FROM 11/27/2008 FOLLOWING BARACK OBAMA’S ELECTION. IT STILL RINGS TRUE AS HE PAYS HIS FIRST POST-PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO ACCRA, GHANA IN WEST AFRICA WITH FIRST LADY MICHELLE AND DAUGHTERS SASHA AND MALIA OBAMA. Our Ugandan driver picked us up from the airport in Entebbe on November 9. We were barely down the road before he asked us who we … Continue reading Africans on Obama
As of this morning at 9 a.m. MT, Canadian Dave Carroll’s video “United Breaks Guitars” has had over 1.3 million hits on YouTube and the singer/songwriter says “it’s been a whirlwind.” He has received a deluge of emails, a flood of Facebook friends, requests for gigs and interviews, and even a call from Oprah’s people to be a guest on the show. “Every musician wants to get … Continue reading United Breaks Guitars Encore
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