*Note: A slightly edited version of this essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on April 16, 2020. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below. If all you’re hearing is bad news, then listen to Manitou Springs howl at eight o’clock each night. A few minutes…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on April 10, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. The first rounds sounded harmless enough, like pellets dinging distant tin cans. Then the bullets suddenly surrounded me in stereo. I fired back reflexively through…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on April 3, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. The Greatest Generation saved the world. Now it’s our turn to save them. While fascism wreaked havoc across the globe during World War II, today’s…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on March 27, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Six weeks ago I attended an awards program at Manitou Springs City Hall that was packed with people. Describing the celebration, resident Shanti Toll reminded…
Major Gabbard finally surrendered. Recently, following “Big Tuesday’s” six state primaries, “Late Night” comedian Seth Myers jabbed that, “after tonight, we might finally know once and for all whether Tulsi Gabbard can take a hint.” Like an awkward party straggler that stays past dozens that’ve departed—and with only the host couple remaining—Tulsi Gabbard became the talk of the town for those wondering when…
*Note: This essay was originally published on the Modern War Institute’s Commentary & Analysis site The world’s in crisis, and it’s time for strategists to earn their paychecks. It’s long been well-known that shifts and shocks produce opportunities that never would have existed otherwise. In car racing, this notion is reflected in the adage that…
*Note: A slightly edited version of this essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on March 19, 2020. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below. Six weeks ago, the Manni Awards at City Hall were packed with people. Describing the celebration, Shanti Toll told the attendees,…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on March 18, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. The glass doors parted just enough for my side-body shimmy, then I squared my shoulders and double-timed it into the store, yanked a cart back,…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on March 13, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Los Angeles is a continental-sized economy that fits into a city’s footprint. Its economy is larger than Australia’s, so it’s not hard to see why…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on March 8, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. The Doomsday Clock recently ticked closer to Armageddon than ever before, a symbol of how dangerous the world’s become. Nuclear fears and systemic apathy were cited in…