Columnists newsletter from The Denver Post

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Today's Most Recent Columnist

Editorial: Plenty of blame in DUI fiasco
For several days, Rep. Laura Bradford has been excoriated for seemingly being above the law when she was pulled over — but not arrested — last week on suspicion of drunken driving.  

• Editorial: Making banks dot the "i" in every foreclosure
• Guest Commentary: Preserve specialized care
• Milbank: Newt's scorched earth policy
• Carroll: Another level head needed at the PUC
• Parker: An essential limp

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Vincent Carroll - Opinion

Carroll: Another level head needed at the PUC
Gov. John Hickenlooper must soon decide whether to reappoint a member of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission who very likely violated the state constitution's ban on accepting gifts worth more than $50, or reshape the powerful PUC with a fresh appointment.  

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Al Lewis - Business

Lewis: No case too big — or to small — for regulators
Like most defendants charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the 81-year-old tax preparer from Tinton Falls, N.J., neither admitted nor denied guilt.  

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Mike Littwin - Opinion

Littwin: Here's what Rep. Bradford should do
It was a dramatic moment — or at least it looked dramatic when I watched the replay on YouTube. Rep. Laura Bradford went before her House colleagues Monday morning to apologize for what we'll call "the incident" and what she called "traffic violations."  

Entertainment headlines from The Denver Post

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Today's Entertainment and Lifestyle Headlines

Bartenders warm to the new Ice Age
Most Denver residents spend little time thinking about ice, unless they are scraping it off windshields or cursing it after falling on a frozen sidewalk. Randy Layman thinks about ice all the time.  

• Sean Penn named ambassador for Haiti in ceremony
• An evening of ballet with 7dancers
• Snowmass fossil find lands prime-time hour on "Nova"
• CBS' 'Big Bang' surpasses Fox's 'American Idol'
• How to respectfully pay your respects for friends whose loved ones have died

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Today's Food and Dining

Fine eatery rises again after blaze
If Hollywood filmed the story of Oak at Fourteenth, it might script a romance, albeit one with more drama than comedy: Boys get restaurant, boys lose restaurant, boys get restaurant again.

 

• Are you ready for some meatballs?
• Bartenders warm to the new Ice Age
• Sesame oil: What it is and how to use it
• Grazing: Cookies worthy of a Super Bowl QB
• Mediterranean soup hits many tasty notes

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Moms - Parenting

Creative Valentine Ideas for the Entire Family!
Spreading the love has never been so much fun! Whether you decide to go traditional or get creative, this holiday of charming affection offers up an opportune time to tell those around you how much you care.   A Valentine mustn't be elaborate or pricey to win the hearts of those you love…but it does need to  

• Olympic Skier Picabo Street On the Product That Will Revolutionize Learning to Ski
• Like-minded fiber and clothing merchants team up in Baker neighborhood's "anti-mall" retail area

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Reverb

Why So Serious, Demetri Martin?
In advance of his Boulder date on Feb. 2, comedian Demetri Martin dishes on his new TV special, his canceled Comedy Central show and why he's louder than he wants to be.

 

• These Go To Eleven: The 11 best Rush songs for 2.1.12
• Guest Feature: James Murphy muses over LCD Soundsystem's new documentary at Sundance
• Missed our headphones: Hospitality
• Album reviews: Tim McGraw, Lana Del Rey
• Live review: Blind Pilot @ the Boulder Theater

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Today's Style

Deviled Eggs and Shrimp: Circa 1972
Recipe from Patricia Sharp, reported by Helen Dollaghan in The Denver Post's Sept. 3, 1972, Empire Magazine. Serves 12.  

• Central American dishes star on eclectic international menu
• Fine eatery rises again after blaze
• Are you ready for some meatballs?
• A walk on the wild, dried side of mushrooms
• Bartenders warm to the new Ice Age

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Television - Joanne Ostrow

Snowmass fossil find lands prime-time hour on "Nova"
The scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science are ready for their close-ups. And a chummier bunch of brainy cutups have seldom graced PBS.  

• CBS' 'Big Bang' surpasses Fox's 'American Idol'

Morning headlines from DenverPost.com

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Today's Front Page News

Prep football star Yuri Wright bringing baggage to CU Buffs
Less than two weeks before national signing day, the biggest day of the year in college football recruiting, Yuri Wright's world was sent into a tailspin.  

• Denver's police chief demotes former rival from selection process
• Sex rings growing trend
• DPD apologizes, says lawmaker didn't invoke immunity
• Fate of "high hazard" dam in Rocky Mountain National Park weighed
• Romney wins Florida primary

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Today's Local Politics

Denver police apologize to lawmaker, say she didn't invoke immunity during DUI stop
The saga of state Rep. Laura Bradford made a dramatic about-face Tuesday when Denver police apologized to her publicly for accusing her of invoking legislative privilege to get out of a potential drunken-driving arrest.  

• Panel reacts coolly to Pinnacol privatization proposal
• Dark-horse candidates Paul, Santorum arrive early in Colorado
• Coors Jr. tosses hat into ring
• Denver police apologize for handling of lawmaker's case
• Denver council OKs zoning change to make room for Colfax grocery

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Today's Business

Broadband-based Comcast enters home-security market long tied to land lines
Comcast is rolling out broadband-based home security and monitoring in metro Denver today, jumping into a market long tied to rival telcoms' land-line phone service.  

• Study: Coloradans rank among top in degrees but lag in financial security
• New regional behemoth in health care will be called University of Colorado Health
• Denver home prices stay flat in November, tracking index says
• Lewis: No case too big — or to small — for regulators

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Today's Sports Headlines

Prep football star Yuri Wright bringing baggage to CU Buffs
Less than two weeks before national signing day, the biggest day of the year in college football recruiting, Yuri Wright's world was sent into a tailspin.  

• Tim Tebow can't avoid being hit a lot unless Denver Broncos change the way they use him
• New England Patriots struck gold in 2010 draft by selecting tight end Rob Gronkowski
• CU, CSU and DU hoops eyeing the NCAA tournament with busy week
• Colorado Springs Christian defeats rival Manitou Springs again
• Chaparral High School's Podschweit becomes Colorado's first beach volleyball recruit

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Today's Entertainment

Snowmass fossil find lands prime-time hour on "Nova"
The scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science are ready for their close-ups. And a chummier bunch of brainy cutups have seldom graced PBS.  

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Today's Style

Deviled Eggs and Shrimp: Circa 1972
Recipe from Patricia Sharp, reported by Helen Dollaghan in The Denver Post's Sept. 3, 1972, Empire Magazine. Serves 12.  

• Central American dishes star on eclectic international menu
• Fine eatery rises again after blaze
• Are you ready for some meatballs?
• A walk on the wild, dried side of mushrooms
• Bartenders warm to the new Ice Age

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Today's Opinion

Editorial: Plenty of blame in DUI fiasco
For several days, Rep. Laura Bradford has been excoriated for seemingly being above the law when she was pulled over — but not arrested — last week on suspicion of drunken driving.  

• Editorial: Making banks dot the "i" in every foreclosure
• Guest Commentary: Preserve specialized care
• Milbank: Newt's scorched earth policy
• Carroll: Another level head needed at the PUC
• Parker: An essential limp