Just zip it up By Leigh E. Rich Just say no. No, no, no, no, no. Thanks, Baby Bush, I’ll try to remember that on my next date as I interrogate the boy, unfortunate enough to have asked me to dinner, on which private religious school he wants to send our future 2.3 Christian children […]
02.20.2002
… à la Dorothy Parker By Leigh E. Rich Hate. À la Mrs. Dorothy Parker. Certainly, it goes without saying, no one—man or woman—could craft such lovely hate poems as the irascible Parker. For those who know only of her rabidly biting sayings (“Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses”) and equally feral […]
02.13.2002
Valentine’s Day quiz By Leigh E. Rich With the ever-popular St. Valentine’s Day (aka Hallmark Holiday) around the corner—that’s tomorrow for you lovable or lovelorn out there—we friendly (and we do mean friendly) journalists here at your beloved Advocate thought some of you could prosper from our extensive “love” expertise sought after by four out […]
02.06.2002
Words, of a ‘meshugah bubbe,’ to live by By Leigh E. Rich Passing down. Passing away. Passing on. All these things my grandmother has accomplished, even in her final moments this week when I, in a post-Advocate production night haze, joined my fellow journalists for a beer at the Boiler Room. I had no idea […]
01.23.2002
Intestinal therapy for 2002 By Leigh E. Rich New Year. New colon. At least that’s the way my roommate sees it. Instead of making half-hearted, life-long resolutions neither of us ever intend to keep—fortunately, for most of you out there, as my last resolution was to be meaner—she has convinced me to partake in a […]
01.17.2002
Aurarians do it with their heads on By Leigh E. Rich I haven’t dated. I’ve done research. Really, I make a lousy first date. And I wouldn’t know about the second and third as I am rarely invited back. Perhaps I should follow the advice of my cousin, who sternly admonishes me before I leave […]
01.26.2001
AIDS cure? Not yet By Leigh E. Rich Advances in science, despite the recent flurry over completion of part of the Human Genome Project, are slow and incremental. Good science, that is. In the IJN Dollars and Sense Special Section this week, we portray Dr. Leland Shapiro, assistant professor of medicine at CU Health Sciences […]
09.22.2000
An institution of conscience By Leigh E. Rich The Denver Art Museum, in a small but significant way, is making amends for the crimes of the Nazis before and during WW II. The museum’s staff and board of trustees are in the process of routing through various committees the return of a painting in its […]
01.08.1998
Predictions for the coming year? By Leigh E. Rich Unearth those bunkers and stock up on Spam, the end of the world is near. This is nothing new—prophets have been talking about it for, well, millennia. The Great Pyramid of Giza supposedly dates world annihilation to the year 2001. The ancient and exceedingly accurate Mayan […]
12.04.1997
Can’t pin down these pin-ups By Leigh E. Rich Imagine our surprise when the latest pin-up calendar appeared in the office. We were shocked and a bit confused, hovering above the images, unsure what to make of all those women. All 12 months and not one cleavage shot. It’s mind-boggling. We’d like to think the Women Firefighters 1998 Calendar ushers […]
