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To hell with vulture capitalists like Alden … and newspapers that screw freelancers
It’s been a brutal decade for freelance journalists. From a high-water mark of 2007, when I actually made a living wage, through the great recession that led to the death…
Kobe win during #MeToo #TimesUp Oscars a painful blast from past for Vail Valley residents
The Vail Valley got a much-needed blast of winter snow during the Oscars Sunday night, but the awards themselves provided a somewhat painful blast from the past when former Los…
We are all lying to our kids about doing everything we can to stop school shootings
So I lied to my three boys as I sent them out the door to school Thursday morning, telling them I would see them later. I have no idea if…
Littwin: Olympic gold medalist Kim embodies American dream Trump wants to end
Editor’s note: This column first appeared on The Colorado Independent website: Well, this is embarrassing. At the same time the U.S. Senate is busily debating a way to protect the…
Olympics can teach us to sow the seeds of civility by ‘disagreeing without disrespect’
I really liked what Eagle County Commissioner Kathy Chandler-Henry had to say Monday at the county’s annual State of the County presentation in Eagle. An Olympic-themed video featuring Eagle’s own…
Great for recreational riders, snow and wind wreak havoc at Olympic Games
After skiing a foot of powder at Beaver Creek on Sunday, I was looking forward to settling in and watching EagleVail’s Mikaela Shiffrin in her first event of the Pyeongchang…
EagleVail is a beautiful, peaceful, prosperous place … despite what you read in the Vail Daily
I’ve lived in EagleVail (note the lack of hyphen) for a little over a year now, and I have to say that it’s a very nice, peaceful, prosperous, and generally…
Let’s ski some powder this weekend in honor of the late, great Warren Miller
The voice of skiing, Warren Miller, died Wednesday at his home on Orcas Island in the San Juans off the coast of Washington State. And it’s appropriate that snow is…
Help send Johnson family to Pyeongchang to cheer on Olympian mogul skier Tess
A recent fourth-place World Cup finish landed Vail Ski & Snowboard Academy senior Tess Johnson the fourth spot on the U.S. Ski and Snowboard team’s freestyle moguls squad for next…
Better late than never: Ski season kicks off with a powdery bang in Vail Valley
What a difference a week makes. On Saturday, Jan. 6, Vail was still waiting. Looking to the heavens and collectively muttering snow prayers and incantations cajoling the Snow Gods to…