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Boebert Beat: “Juicy” Halloween Costume Inspires Outrage…and a Calendar of Future Capers

Teague Bohlen — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:22:42 -0700

When you're Lauren Boebert, making a fool of yourself is always in season.

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Westword Kicks Off End-of-the-Year Membership Drive

Patricia Calhoun — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 07:45:00 -0700

What a year it’s been. And now we’re setting out to raise $50,000 to power our newsroom.

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Frontier’s “East Wing It Sale”: A Monumental Marketing Mistake

Teague Bohlen — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:57:33 -0600

It's another unforced error from Denver's "hometown airline."

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Dear Mexican: Do Mexicans Sling Racial Slurs at Each Other?

Thu, 05 Feb 2015 04:00:00 -0700

Dear Mexican: Do Mexicans sling racial slurs at each other or casually refer to each other as "wabs," similar to the way blacks call each other "nigger?" What's your take on the whole "nigger" thing, anyway?Kingfish the Cabrón Dear Blackfaced Wab: What do I think of "nigger"? Um, it's bad?...

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Dear Mexican: Why Is Rock en Español So Mellow?

Thu, 29 Jan 2015 04:00:00 -0700

Dear Mexican: Why is rock en español so mellow? You'd think that with so much injustice, Mexican rock bands would sound angrier.El Gigante de Anaheim Dear Anaheim Giant: You'd think so, right? Back in the Mexican's rockero days, groups like Maldita Vecindad, Café Tacuba, El Gran Silencio and so many...

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Dear Mexican: What’s With the Regional Rivalries in Mexico?

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 04:00:00 -0700

Dear Mexican: I have a hard time believing that the immigrants we see at Home Depot are the best Mexico has to offer. Why can't we entice more of the cream of the crop of Mexicans to come up north? (Mexico has the richest man in the world, so someone...

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Dear Mexican: Which Is Better – Cholula or Tapatío?

Thu, 15 Jan 2015 04:00:00 -0700

Dear Mexican: I live in Tucson and go to Mexico frequently. I kinda like Mexicans. Many Mexicans die in the Sonoran Desert in the Tucson border sector, trying to get to el otro lado. This is because your buddies at la migra in the L.A. sector have pushed them over...

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Dear Mexican: What Is a Real Latina?

Thu, 08 Jan 2015 04:00:00 -0700

Dear Mexican: I'm in college, and I'm taking a class called Latina Pop Culture. I thought it would be educational and informative about the rich Latino/a culture, and I was eager to learn. But the moment I entered the class, it was evident that I, as a white girl, would...

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Ask a Mexican: The History of the Virgin of Guadalupe

Thu, 01 Jan 2015 04:00:00 -0700

Dear Mexican: How did the patron saint of Mexico get a name derived from Arabic?El Moro Judio Dear Jewish Moor: You're referring to the Virgin of Guadalupe, the brown-skinned apparition of the Virgin Mary who tradition says appeared before the Aztec peasant Juan Diego in December 1531 just outside modern-day...

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Ask a Mexican: Why Should I Be Proud to Be Mexican?

Thu, 25 Dec 2014 04:00:00 -0700

Dear Mexican: The other day, my Italian boyfriend asked me, "If you had the choice to be any nationality in the world, which one would you choose?" Being the proud Latina that I am, I said, "Mexican." He said, "Why? What have Mexicans done that is so great?" The only...

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