Saturday is closing day here at the 2008 High Plains Chautauqua in Greeley, Colorado (at left). I’ve been here all week in my 19th-century suit, top hat, white wig and beard as Horace himself, the first US presidential candidate to travel widely and campaign on his own behalf. “The choice between [incumbent president] Grant and Greeley is [...]

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On July 22nd, my friend Koldo wrote:
Our city has changed in summer. It’s a different town that you known in winter and spring. Then, it was quieter but now it’s crowded. Last week, on Monday, came Tom Waits, a very famous rocker, and played in the Kursaal Auditorium, and the next day, on Tuesday, none [...]

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