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by Dave Danforth, Aspen Daily News Columnist Sunday, June 29, 2008 “Did anybody see you come here?” the query comes.
“That’s the fourth time I’ve been asked,” answers the impeccably dressed woman at the gate. Full Story »
by Dave Danforth, Aspen Daily News Columnist Sunday, June 22, 2008 While home prices are imploding all over the rest of the country,
euphoria persists in Aspen. Surely, experts say, the bust can’t happen
here. It already has.
Appraisers seldom loudly contradict prevailing wisdom. But they have
been writing it instead: The Aspen market has been largely flat since
last summer. Full Story »
by Dave Danforth, Aspen Daily News Columnist Sunday, June 15, 2008 “How Low can you Go?” the billing read — a search for true value through a blind tasting of great wines priced from $5 to $60.
Perfect. If you’ve ever been to a tasting where friends guess price, you end up confused, amused, or both. The most overheard remark is “it must be buried in the marketing.” Full Story »
by Dave Danforth, Aspen Daily News Columnist Sunday, June 8, 2008 Heather Bresch seemed on the fast track to the top. Already chief
operating officer of a large West Virginia company, she had friends in
all the right places. One was the president of West Virginia
University, where she claimed to have earned a master of business
degree in 1998. And the president of her firm is one of WVU’s largest
benefactors, having coughed up $20 million in 2003.
But you really don’t need an MBA on your resume if your father is the governor, Joe Manchin III, a first-term Democrat. Full Story »
by Dave Danforth, Aspen Daily News Columnist Sunday, June 1, 2008 It was pure esclandre. Ever since he first kicked his chorion, the jockey had dreamed of his guerdon. It was his due, and as he adjusted his numnah and gnawed on some taleggio, he gazed westward, the sky a nacarat canvas. This would be his alone, immune from nationalization, as if anyone could Sinicize it. He knew nothing of the syndicate for which he was riding.
An aspiring writer is always curious about what will beat his spellchecker. In this case, it didn’t even know five of the seven words in this paragraph likely to baffle you and me. But they did not baffle Sameer Mishra, 13, the Indiana kid who on Friday won the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Full Story »
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