Thierry Backes
Thierry Backes is an editor at the daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich, Germany. He is visiting The Denver Post on an Arthur F. Burns fellowship, sponsored by the International Center for Journalists.
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Backes: Denver is inconvenient, annoying, slow and unsafe for cyclists
My experience as a seasoned bicycle commuter from bike-friendly Munich, Germany, in trying to ride to work in Denver.

Volkswagen bought back almost 300,000 cheating diesel cars. A bunch of them are parked outside of Colorado Springs
Thousands of diesel VW and Audi cars are stored near Colorado Springs, ready for emissions fixes or to be sold for scrap.

At town hall that focused on health care, Michael Bennet says single-payer system isn’t best option
In a dialogue this week largely focused on defeating efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet dismissed another system elsewhere along the ideological spectrum:...

Where you can ketchup with the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile in Denver
No, there aren't any hot dogs inside.