Denver

Suspect identified as James Holmes of North Aurora, Colorado

Last week, I was in Chicago, taking a short holiday, visiting some friends and catching up on the latest trends in skyscraper architecture (which point, by the way, very high – 150 storeys high, to be exact, which is the lofty ceiling of the new Santiago Calatrava spire going up at the mouth of the Chicago River).

I spent my childhood in Calgary and have always heard that Denver was similar. And it’s true — the city has a shiny downtown and the Rocky Mountains within view; They have plus 15 walkways, and even an LRT line.  So Denver is a bit like Calgary — except with a cop on every corner and a giant truck driving around with a massive photo of a bloodied fetus and the words “ABORTION IS AN OBAMANATION”:

… the gate agent announces that after the people in wheelchairs, they’ll be boarding “media with large cameras” BEFORE the elite, supermagnumelite, and hyperplatinumdoublemegaelite passengers..