We’ve only scraped the surface of the Epstein files and it’s already like I can’t get the water hot enough to feel clean. How I long for the good ol’ days, when Dick Cheney shooting someone on a hunting trip was the Big Coverup. Nothing so innocent with these guys. Not like Paul Newman and […]
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Ps&Qs: Let’s put AI in D.C.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the film “Idiocracy.” Have you seen it? While not an award-winning film, I have to recommend watching this movie once. Starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph, this low-brow comedy uncannily mirrors our society with its cast of misfits, including the elusive third Wilson brother, Andrew, as Beef Supreme […]
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Ps&Qs: Jeanie Bueller rides again
“Oh, fine. What’s this? What’s his problem?” (Jeanie Bueller) “He doesn’t feel well.” (Joyce Bueller) “Yeah, right. Dry that one out and you can fertilize the lawn.” “Jeanie? Is that you? Jeanie? I can’t see that far …” (Ferris Bueller) “Bite the big one, Junior.” “Thank you, Jeanie. You get to school.” (Joyce) “Wait, you’re […]
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Ps&Qs: Irish democracy, making the federal government impotent
Apparently, I have a doppelganger. And no, it’s not my sister. Years ago, before my younger sister moved back to town, I would get random questions like, “Why didn’t you wave back at me?!” Or, “Hey, when did you start working at NAPA?” And recently, a friend told me she was calling my name across […]
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Ps&Qs: Coincidence and doll parts on Twining Flats Road
This life is crazy: full of beauty and wonder, but with a dark and dirty underside. The enactment of Project 2025 has us sliding down a hill as steep as any slope on Aspen Mountain, right toward fascism. Before the Heritage Foundation took hold of our government by the short hairs, the old rats-in-a-cage analogy […]
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Ps & Qs: Twenty years
Editor’s note (2005): The Valley Journal debuts a new columnist this week, adding to our slate of local voices and divergent viewpoints. Roaring Fork Valley native Jeannie Perry’s “Ps & Qs” will appear monthly in the VJ. Jeannie was born in Aspen and grew up in the Valley — part of the Perry ranching family […]
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Ps&Qs: My disappearance to the desert
With all the talk about gangs of criminals at the southern U.S. border, I wanted to see for myself what was going on. Trumpublicans claim to be securing the border, but what they’ve actually done is beef-up border patrol and cancel all appointments for legal asylum seekers. As a middle-aged woman, I already know we […]
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Ps&Qs: America is worth more than the sum of its parts
First, I want to say thank you to Donald Trump. No, seriously, I want to thank him for taking the time to come back and kill our pretense of a democracy. While we were all limping around, our bleeding hearts liberally coloring the snow red, Trump came back with an old rusty hammer and sickle […]
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Ps&Qs: A flying circus
Have you heard of project 2025? (No, that’s not the name of Aspen’s new airport plan.) Remember Trump’s first term? Specifically, when he showed up at the White House with his troupe of misfit carnies, asking where the coffee maker was … government desks and departments left empty for months — even years — as […]
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Ps&Qs: Fascist tea parties
“Elon Musk is really doing an incredible job educating the public about how capitalists end up aligning with fascists to maintain their wealth and limit the power of the working classes.” – @maxberger on X Truth. Here’s the thing: If all the rhetoric were true then these billionaires wouldn’t need to sell their souls to […]