Aurora shooting, close to home

"\"TweetShareShareI was planning on riding my bike over to University of Colorado Hospital this afternoon, but a three square block area through which I normally pedal has been cordoned off. You see, James Holmes, 24, the alleged Dark Night...

TEDx talk is up on YouTube

"\"TweetShareShareMy #TEDxMileHigh talk, “Colorado Mavericks,” is up on YouTube at http:\\\/\\\/bit.ly\\\/SvJvqT; a bit of background here: http:\\\/\\\/bit.ly\\\/JM8xly. Final draft of the talk: Making the leap\\u00a0 I\\u2019m Todd...

Falcon feathers

"\"TweetShareShareI\\u2019m getting into road biking, seeing that soccer, even over-30 coed, is not a long-term fitness solution for 43-year-olds. On July 4, I went for a morning ride with my friend Greg Laugero. Greg was a late arrival to...

Colorado wildfires aren’t so big

"TweetShareShareGiven the play of the Waldo Canyon (Colorado Springs), High Park (Fort Collins) and Boulder (Flatirons) wildfires, I’m getting notes and calls from folks worried that flames are approaching our home in east Denver, 20 miles f...

‘Jars’ wins Colorado Book Award

"\"TweetShareShareMy book, From Jars to the Stars, won the 2011 Colorado Book Award for History at the annual Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book ceremony in Aspen last Friday. This is particularly gratifying to me because, being the...

Apolitical record-temperatures map

"\"TweetShareShareA politically neutral map of record\\u00a0temperatures\\u00a0in the United States, courtesy of Climate Central. If you’re in Virginia, check it out before the state legislature bans the use of the term “record...

You think it’s hot out there now…

"TweetShareShareWashington D.C. hit 99 degrees Fahrenheit today; we in Denver have been in that neighborhood a few days already this June, and are headed back this weekend. The average June high is here supposed to be 83. We’ve had roughly z...