Ben Raskin

Category: Utah

  • Election Night 2018 Notebook

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    Time to hunker down. Watched the results coming in at the Casa de Beavergoat. Made some notes and some cocktails. Tuesday, 6 November 2018 I missed watching Chris Mathews act like a lunatic. Voting for medical marijuana in state elections is ridiculous. It should be legal throughout the United States. Beto O’Rourke is a really…

  • The Year of the Mitchell

    The Year of the Mitchell

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    Thoughts on why Donovan Mitchell is a special player and why the Utah Jazz are moving on in the playoffs.

  • It Takes a Politician

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    As of today, we’re 21 days out from the 2016 presidential election. Three weeks and we’ll find out if Secretary Clinton wins big or if business mogul Trump take the Oval Office. I’m understand because Trump is slightly divisive there could be some real implications for control of both the House of Representatives and the…

  • White Girl Drunk

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    If asked what my favorite part of bartending is, I would answer quickly and with the utmost certainty. It isn’t the pile of cash tips in my bucket to be counted at the end of the night or the quickly sipped beer I put away while counting my earnings. It isn’t the thrill of pouring…

  • The First Three Times

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    Before moving to Salt Lake City in 1998, I had been to Utah three times. The first visit was a ski trip in 8th grade. Garside Junior High was hosting a ski trip and I decided to risk life and limb on the slopes of Brianhead. Growing up in Las Vegas led for limited winter…