Manitoids are tremendously adept at two things: Coming together in hard times, like fires and floods, and protesting injustice by raising torches and pitchforks. Many of us have been raising those torches and pitchforks in the past week about the gross injustice we’ve witnessed during the renovation of the Cliff House at Pikes Peak. Gorgeous […]
Hours after the Cliff House’s new owner replaced colorful xeriscaped gardens in front of the hotel with artificial turf, residents raged on social media about it. “It’s heartbreaking. I won’t be patronizing their veranda this summer for lunch. Their gardens were unmatched,” a local resident wrote on the All About Manitou Springs Colorado Facebook page. […]
Jordan and Delphy Ranieri had a vision: Junk food that’s not made of junk. A cafe where you can enjoy a burger and fries without the belly blahs that often come afterward. “Nobody else in the area was doing anything similar,” Jordan said. The Ranieris, who both have plenty of experience in the food industry, […]
We have a primary election coming up in Colorado on June 30. Mark it on your calendar. Vote by mail, if you like, while you still can, without masked agents looking over your shoulder. Primaries are important because they enable us to shape the fights coming in November during the general election. Because I’m a […]
The Incline has become a potent metaphor for Manitou Springs – the town is rapidly on its way up. I say this not only as a longtime Manitou resident, but as someone who has seen this town at its best and worst. In fact, a year ago, I had my doubts about our future. It […]
Saturday night’s shooting at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner raises so many questions. First and foremost, was it real or was it staged? My friend Ted, a longtime journalist, posted that same night on Facebook that his wife, Mary Ann, a college professor, announced over dinner: “I think Trump is going to get shot […]
In America’s great battle between hope and fear, fear certainly gained the upper hand this month. When our president threatens to end an entire civilization because his war of choice painted him into a corner, and our Congress couldn’t be bothered to come back from vacation to stop him, it’s easy to give up hope. […]
Those of us who participated in the No Kings rallies on Saturday didn’t just hold signs and march. We made history, with what I’m convinced will have been the largest protest in American history. I know the effectiveness of such protests to affect change is being endlessly debated. I’m hopeful it will lead to change. […]
The Women’s Theatre Festival is dancing, strutting and fretting across the stage of the Millibo Art Theatre this coming weekend (March 19-22) with a lively mix of original plays, poetry, monologues, movement, and dance created for the theatre. Now in its 20th year, the WTF (fun acronym, eh?) has grown into one of the best […]
By and large, the media is blowing it on their coverage of Iran. Every report about these ongoing Israel and U.S. strikes on Iran should clearly state the reason for this reckless war. Oh, after the Israel and U.S. strikes on Iran on Saturday, we’ve been getting lots of background on the competing factions in […]
Two new restaurants worthy of attention and praise opened recently. Thai comes to Manitou Springs Manitou Thai & Ramen marks what may be the first Thai place this town has ever seen. For a village rife with burgers and beef jerky, this humble Asian eatery in the space inside the Baker House formerly occupied by […]
A conservative Facebook friend recently posted this on his page: “Gee, I wonder why Bad Bunny got so much exposure at the Grammy’s last night??” The first response to that post: “Politics?” Behind those comments lurks an interesting assumption. It assumes, of course, that Bad Bunny (who will be playing at this year’s Super Bowl […]
As some Republican governors, and even some members of Congress, start to criticize federal agents killing citizens, and Trump looks for which of his lackeys to throw under the bus, I see signs of hope. Not just that Trump is TACOing again, but that maybe this means the Republican party might be reassessing their crooked, […]
Despite snow and bone-chilling cold, hundreds showed up at Colorado Springs City Hall midday Sunday to participate in a quickly announced protest in the wake of Alex Pretti’s killing the day before by a Border Patrol agent during a large-scale Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Minneapolis. Pretti was the second person killed by […]
Another American citizen killed by ICE in Minneapolis. How many more will it take? How many more will it take before Congress grows a spine and defunds these brutal, deadly raids on our people? How many more will it take before our own local officials stand up and call this what it is? I cheered […]
The 25th Amendment gave Congress the ability to remove a president who is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,” covering physical or mental incapacitation. But this Greenland thing should be the breaking point. He wrote a message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre making it clear that the primary reason […]
Trump’s war on truth misfired this week. The shot that killed Renee Nicole Good on Jan. 7 can not be silenced, though the attempt to do so has been monumental. This may be the one. This may be the crack that finally crumbles the tower of lies that has been growing taller and taller since […]
Horrifying and exhausting. Those two words sum up how so many of us feel about the state of our country in 2025. How could they not? For 12 months, we’ve watched a political cult dismantle our country, just as it also took backhoes to the White House. As historian and analyst Heather Cox Richardson wrote […]
My god. The sense of relief. Finally. Finally! After dodging, obstructing, delaying … finally, Donald Trump’s Justice Department finally released the infamous Epstein Files this week. At last, the long-suffering victims will find justice and closure. What a long-horrible journey this has been for all of us, but especially for the women, many victimized as […]
Experiences, not stuff. If you’re looking for gifts that will last this holiday season, look for ways to make memories with your loved ones. You’ll find some lovely memories on sale at Theatreworks, which has followed its gut-punch production of “Cabaret” with the most trivial of trivialities, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Can a frivolous […]
