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Runaway Balloon Spotted Over Nation’s Capitol

October 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments

For several hours Thursday afternoon, Americans were riveted to their television sets, having been told that a 6-year-old boy might be inside an accidentally-launched homemade balloon as it soared out of control across the skies of Colorado.  Today, “news” of another runaway balloon spotted in the skies above Washington, D.C., is attracting much less concern.  [...]

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Secretly-Recorded Conversation Answers Question, ‘Would White House Rescue Kid in Balloon?’

October 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Now that the world is no longer worried about the possibility of a 6-year-old Colorado boy falling out of a runaway balloon, I share the transcript of a secretly-recorded phone conversation that took place this afternoon between a search-and-rescue expert in Brighton, Colo., President Barack Obama and his key advisers:
Colorado Search and Rescue Chief – [...]

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Norwegian Horse Photographer Visits St. Louis

July 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Three months ago, I met Trina Bøhnsdalen on a bumpy twin-prop commuter flight from Grand Junction, Colo., to Denver. During the 55-minute flight, we became quick friends as I learned the 24-year-old student from Oslo, Norway, was working toward a professional photography degree at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs, Colo.
With my background in journalism [...]

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Tamarisk, Socialism Share Much in Common

April 19th, 2009 · No Comments

While visiting Western Colorado’s Piceance (pronounced “pee-ahnce”) Basin last week, I learned about a small, non-native tree that reminds me of our socialism-focused federal government under President Barack Obama.
The Tamarisk (a.k.a., “Salt Cedar”) is, according to a Seed Magazine report:

An invasive species introduced to the United States from Eurasia;

A deep-rooted plant that aggressively obtains water [...]

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Tour Offers Writers Education in Natural Gas (Updated)

April 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments

During a two-day fact-finding trip this week, I learned a lot about Williams’ cutting-edge natural gas exploration and production efforts taking place in Western Colorado’s Piceance (pronounced “pee-ahnce”) Basin.  In this post, I’ll try to shed some light on those efforts and help you understand why they’re vitally important to our nation’s energy future in [...]

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