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States of the Union: Colorado

As the Democratic convention gets underway, find out about Colorado. We look at the race for Wayne Allard’s Senate seat; also, a look at why presidential polls in Colorado are virtually tied. Plus: what hosting the Democratic convention has meant within the Centennial State. Lynn Bartels is political and legislative reporter for the Rocky Mountain News.

States of the Union fact of the week: Colorado has the lowest rate of obesity in the United States.

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The History of Humanitarian Intervention

Humanitarian military intervention is not a new idea; Princeton international affairs professor Gary Bass says that it dates back to Victorian times when the British naval victory at Navarino against Turkish troops assured Greek independence. Professor Bass’s new book is Freedom’s Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention.

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Underappreciated: Howard Sturgis’s Belchamber

Howard Sturgis was good friends with Edith Wharton and Henry James, but his novels were never as popular as theirs. His 1904 novel Belchamber traces the demise of a family of English aristocrats. Edmund White, who wrote the introduction to the New York Review of Books reissue of Belchamber, tells us why Sturgis deserves a place alongside his more famous friends.

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Is Public Access TV Still Relevant?

In the era of YouTube and other citizen media like blogs, online social networks, and wikis, is public access television still relevant? Dan Gillmor is author of We the Media; Dee Dee Halleck is co-founder of Paper Tiger Television.

Do you watch public access TV? What changes would you like to see?

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