http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest blog posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5Black Mountain is a 9,500-foot peak in the northern Big Horn Mountains. The approximate 3-mile hike to the top gains about 1,500 feet in elevation and summits at one of two remaining fire lookouts in the Big Horns. The trail starts out as a four-wheel-drive road before narrowing to a path ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~688545.aspx11/17/2009 6:00:11 PMJoel HuntNow that we can be described as living in the "age of spin" along with the "age of selfishness," and six or seven other descriptions of our sad condition, it is becoming harder and harder to tell the wheat from the chaff (or the stuff you step in unexpectedly in the grass). Friends send you emai...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~686175.aspx11/12/2009 11:15:11 AMEva Kosinski Now I don't want to belittle in any way those struggling with real bipolar disorder. It is a serious and sometimes life threatening condition, but I do mean to say that the "bipolar thinking" that is being done by both major parties (and which is now even seeping into third party strategies), is ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~661073.aspx9/30/2009 9:41:16 AMEva Kosinski What if you went to King Soopers and there were no prices posted? You never have a clue what anything costs. You pick out a can of tomatoes and head to the check out. The clerk scans the can and the price comes up "$10"!!! For a can of tomatoes. You can't afford that. But wait. You have a special...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~655959.aspx9/14/2009 9:42:53 AMDonna Feldman When we push aside all the fearmongering (if we don't have universal health care, we are in deep trouble; if we do, we are in deep trouble, etc.) the posturing, the rhetoric, the oversimplifications and the outright fibs, only two questions actually exist in the world of Health Care Reform: "What...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Blog~654740.aspx9/10/2009 9:15:21 AMEva Kosinski As far as Yellowstone goes, Old Faithful is the superstar. Never mind that there are other geysers that turn in better performances. Old Faithful is the hot starlet who takes teeny-bopper roles that are inoffensive and easy to watch. If you're sampling the whole park in a few days (or less), ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Recreation/Blog~653435.aspx9/5/2009 7:41:38 PMJoel HuntCascade Lake is one of a series of lakes that run parallel to the Norris-Canyon road and are linked by trails. Cascade Lake has two trailheads, Cascade Lake Picnic Area on the Tower-Canyon road and Cascade Creek Trailhead, ¼ mile west of Canyon Village on the Norris-Canyon Road. Our group sta...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Recreation/Blog~647247.aspx8/17/2009 1:32:32 PMJoel HuntSeven Mile Hole is the only trail that descends from the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone all the way to the river at the bottom. (Uncle Tom's Trail, a series of 300-plus steps and inclines, descends about ¾ of the way down, but it washed out in a mudslide earlier this summer and th...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Recreation/Blog~642837.aspx8/3/2009 11:00:40 AMJoel HuntJared Polis is using the Democrats' Evil Rich surtax plan for medical care to ingratiate himself to his wealthy Boulder and Summit County supporters. Last week, he and a few other Congressional newbies came out in opposition to this 5.4% surtax. Their faux bravery won't actually impact the Demo...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~641181.aspx7/28/2009 1:57:49 PMDonna Feldman The trail leading to backcountry campsites on the banks of Hellroaring Creek (and on into the Gallatin National Forest in Montana, outside of Yellowstone's boundaries) is a nice hike that includes varied terrain and a suspension bridge high above the Yellowstone River. The highlight of the day,...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Recreation/Blog~637463.aspx7/17/2009 6:38:42 PMJoel HuntMcCullough Peaks is an area of red-rock badlands just east of Cody made up of several low summits, the tallest being McCullough Peak at 6,547 feet with a prominence of 1,277 feet. The whole area is BLM land, and it's a wild horse herd management area , but we didn't see any of the horses...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Recreation/Blog~633122.aspx7/4/2009 11:04:27 AMJoel HuntPart of the problem with writing about obesity and skyrocketing medical care costs is living in Colorado. Readers look around (especially in the Boulder County bubble) and say "What obesity problem? You're imaging it". So I was sort of glad when a friend, who used to say that, came back from a tr...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~631919.aspx7/1/2009 7:47:48 AMDonna Feldman It's been raining for a long time now, and staying cooler this spring than in the past 10 years or so, and if you're a gardener, you've seen the results....weeds that can be measured by the foot. It's funny the way things work. The vegetables are sort of in stasis. They're coming up, and they...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Blog~627049.aspx6/16/2009 9:35:58 AMEva Kosinski Years ago, after working a number of years at the jobs most art majors tend to get coming out of college, answering phones, taking orders, filing, customer service, etc. my career took a mighty shift when, in an economic downturn in 1978, it looked like a big layoff was in the offing, and I went ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Blog~622699.aspx6/3/2009 9:12:54 AMEva Kosinski I"m no poet, as you can clearly see, but this has been running around in my head for weeks, so I finally wanted to put it on paper. The discussion on how much development we want is complicated and has become a web of interests rather than a linear process. This is, quite simply, the gardener's s...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Blog~619421.aspx5/26/2009 9:58:56 AMEva Kosinski Sleeping Giant Ski Area , the once-defunct hill just outside of Yellowstone's east entrance, has raised enough money to open for the winter of 2009-10. Yellowstone Recreations Foundation, the nonprofit entity that governs the hill, received a $500,000 grant from the Wyoming Business Council ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Recreation/Blog~615988.aspx5/15/2009 2:20:52 PMJoel HuntNo it's not. The statement by Nancy Pelosi today is a Big Lie. She and Obama were introducing plans for sweeping "health" care reform (meaning medical insurance reform) this summer. Her statement defines exactly what Democrats, and sadly most Americans, think of as "health". They think health is ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~614890.aspx5/13/2009 9:32:31 AMDonna Feldman One of the things that we tend to do in politics is to extrapolate the world as we see it (see the blind men and the elephant blog entry). The truth is, that's what we do with everything. It doesn't occur to us that some huge percentage of the population is still working its way to whole whea...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Blog~612985.aspx5/8/2009 10:44:37 AMEva Kosinski Sometimes the political issues are so huge, with twists and turns and gotchas, it's hard to find a way to think about them. Most of us have job pressures, families, bills to pay, and, it seems, barely time to breathe, not alone time to follow political trends to glean "the big picture." it's just...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Blog~611802.aspx5/6/2009 7:04:50 AMEva Kosinski You have been stranded by the side of the road with a flat tire. After a few expletives deleted, you start thinking about what to do to get yourself back on the road. You open the back, find the spare, get out the tools, and get to it. You do not replace the air filter and hope that fixes it. Eve...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~610254.aspx5/1/2009 12:02:07 PMEva Kosinski A couple of years ago, The Car Guys took a call from a woman who said her new car was crooked. She didn't see it, but her friends told her that when she drove up, the brand new compact car looked out of alignment. Tom and Ray thought about this and gave her some advice on tire inflation and so fo...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Blog~606515.aspx4/22/2009 7:29:02 AMDonna Feldman At inColoradonow.com it's all FREE! Right now they are gearing up for summer as we all are, and is focusing its efforts on the Colorado cycling population who rides in the big summertime rides such as Elephant Rock Ride , The Colorado Rocky Mountain Bike Tour , The Bicycle Tour of C...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Blog~598437.aspx4/1/2009 10:05:26 AM- inColoradoNOW!The tragic death of actress Natasha Richardson last week is a glimpse into our universal medical care future. Ski industry officials in Colorado should be terrified. Ms. Richardson, skiing in Canada, fell on a bunny slope and hit her head. When it became apparent that she had a life-threatening b...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~595011.aspx3/23/2009 2:57:01 PMDonna Feldman As Obama convened his so-called summit on healthcare , he tried to be funny, or something, calling it a "Thelma and Louise moment". As in what? Thelma and Louise famously drive off a cliff at the end of the movie. Oh, ha ha. Obama is going to drive our medical system off a cliff? Perfect analo...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~587749.aspx3/5/2009 4:08:05 PMDonna Feldman Get Hired! 7 Simple Steps for Winning the Job You Desire in ANY Economy Wednesday, February 25, 5:30 - 8:00 PM Presented by: Donald J. Strankowski Cost: Free Most conventional job search strategies are simply not effective anymore. To be successful in today's ultr...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Local-Business/Blog~584092.aspx2/25/2009 10:12:20 AMDon Strankowski Two students from the Eldorado K-8 John Irwin School of Excellence joined me at the state capitol this past Friday (2/20) for Legislative Day 2009. Eric Walker and Taylor Davis were two of approximately 160 gifted and talented students from grades 8-12 who converged upon the capitol to shadow leg...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~583459.aspx2/23/2009 5:17:00 PMRepresentative Dianne Primavera Maybe it comes from football (the term certainly does), our tendency to make sure we can always find a way around things as they are, to get to where we want them to be. Folks always find the tax preparer most likely to get them the best deal on their taxes, or they play games with extensions to ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Blog~579893.aspx2/13/2009 8:01:17 AMEva Kosinski We're kind of getting used to having things all pre-packaged for us. Even those of us who eschew plastic bags and frozen foods, prefer to buy in bulk and cook our own. I guess on that side, we've gotten more awareness over the years, but when it comes to issues, we want the packaging. We want...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Blog~579786.aspx2/12/2009 4:19:33 PMEva Kosinski Looking for a new miracle fad diet? That's so 20th Century. The new solution for overeating and lack of exercise is expensive bariatric surgery. After all, obesity is not your fault. It's the fault of external forces and a right wing conspiracy. You are forced to overeat and sit on your butt all ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~579109.aspx2/11/2009 8:01:11 AMDonna Feldman What a relief. Tom Daschle won't be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Occasionally, being a tax cheat is enough to derail one's nomination, although clearly not often enough. But Daschle had bigger problems with this nomination - he didn't have a clue about healthcare. Not only didn't have ...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~576308.aspx2/3/2009 10:42:27 PMDonna Feldman