*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on July 12, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. “We took leave,” 22-year-old Dr. Edwin James wrote after lunch on Thursday, July 13, 1820 near modern Manitou Springs, “and began to ascend the mountain.”…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on July5, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. In extraordinary times, the ordinary can be salvation. The thirsty need water, the locked-down want fresh air, the darkened desire light. I sure did. While shaving…
*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on July 2, 2020. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below. America’s talking about discrimination, and Manitou Springs, unfortunately, has its own sins to speak of. Not as violent as the killing of Mr. George Floyd. Not…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on June 15, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. This strange travel season has the airlines rethinking every aspect of policy including the addition of pre-flight temperature checks and in-flight bathroom permission from attendants.…
*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on June 11, 2020. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below. Last place. Bottom of the barrel. Dead freakin’ last. Cellar dweller. The biggest loser. All these phrases describe my experience in last week’s selection process for…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on June 1, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. They say timing is everything, and the crisis brewing over the Manitou Incline should test that theory. But look past the furious sound of the…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on May 19, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. When the world rises from Covid-19’s fever, a once-discarded strategic imperative will rise again. It’ll cross disciplines, privilege risk mitigation, explicitly acknowledge uncertainty, and it’ll…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on May 2, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Historically, school’s been about being in a certain place at a specified time. Not anymore. Covid-19’s upended that formula, and if we in the Pikes…
*Note: This essay was published in the Sydney Morning Herald print edition on April 25, 2020. An image of the column is included below (“On the grim arithmetic of war, Gallipoli cannot be dismissed as a colossal waste”), as well as the text of the essay. On this solemn day, when Australians pause to reflect on…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on April 22, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. If all you’re hearing is bad news, then listen to Manitou Springs howl at eight o’clock each night. A few minutes ahead of schedule, say,…