1868 melodrama about love (and insurance scams) revived By Leigh E. Rich The Gaslight Theatre has been a Tucson favorite for melodramatic family entertainment since brothers Tony and Tom Terry set up shop in Trail Dust Town in 1977. Two decades and three moves later, the Gaslight now resides in the (renovated) Jerry Lewis Theatre […]
04.19.2006
04.03.2006
Surgeon-turned-writer shares his ‘Mortal Lessons’ with Savannah By Leigh E. Rich Maimonides. Chekhov. Keats. Rabelais. William Carlos Williams. Richard Selzer chuckles while ticking off names of his predecessors as if seating arrangements for an Algonquin soiree. He is but one, he says, in a long line of physician-writers. “I’m the one that’s just alive,” the […]
04.01.2006
Former surgeon Richard Selzer dissects ‘The Doctor as Writer’ By Leigh E. Rich It’s taken him 37 years, but surgeon-turnedauthor Richard Selzer knows his worth—at least as a writer. “It’s not much, but it’s something,” the soon-to-be 78-year-old says with a wry smile and a wink. No politician or pop star, Selzer undersells himself. The […]
11.04.2005
Oh to attain the talent to write with neighbor’s bass pulsing in walls veins head and words that wade under bubbles of bath wishing to rhyme […]
11.04.2005
would we were watching the Sun set on Tahoe champagne bubbles tap-tapping […]
05.26.2005
‘Dream of the Great Blue’ eludes greatness By Leigh E. Rich Dream of the Great Blue By Don West Dancing Bear $22.00 Know thyself, Socrates instructed more than two millennia ago, because an unexamined life isn’t worth living. For Tucson author Don West, who’s penned three quarters of a beautifully written and quietly poignant novel […]
04.08.2005
Substance abuse treatment may be cost-savings prescription By Leigh E. Rich Colorado may soon be joining the 47 other states that offer outpatient substance abuse treatment to Medicaid recipients. Currently, Colorado, Nevada and Arkansas are the only three states that do not provide such coverage. With an estimated 4,500 Medicaid enrollees in Colorado who would […]
04.08.2005
Lawmakers weigh the right prescription for obesity By Leigh E. Rich Akin to the never-ending nature vs. nurture debate, buzz from the Capitol these days is pitting government involvement vs. personal responsibility. At the Colorado YMCA’s advocacy day on March 21, Colorado lawmakers and members of the Christian nonprofit group discussed a growing problem in […]
04.08.2005
Categories: Editorials, Feminism, Politics, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Owens and the Church lack compassion
Boyd and Veiga stand by rape survivors By Leigh E. Rich We’re not a theocracy. We’re not an autocracy. American government, and thus Colorado’s, is representative. So just who, then, does Gov. Bill Owens represent? I’m guessing it must be the Catholic Church, given his veto this week of Rep. Betty Boyd and Sen. Jennifer […]
04.08.2005
Hickenlooper breaks bread with GOP Lincolners By Leigh E. Rich Denver’s seeing much more of its mayor these days. Though the geologist-turned brewery owner-turned politician is always out and about on his city streets—he lives in a loft, after all—the tall, lanky visage of John W. Hickenlooper is frequently finding its way onto television, into […]
04.01.2005
Gov. Owens still silent on emergency contraception bill By Leigh E. Rich A majority can make all the difference. This rings all too true for Democratic Rep. Betty Boyd of Lakewood, whose House Bill 1042 that would require Colorado hospitals to provide information about emergency contraception to rape survivors has, after three years, landed squarely […]
