*Note: This essay was published in the Wall Street Journal print edition on October 29, 2019. Images from the actual print story, as well as text can be found below; it can also be found online here. For the first time in more than a decade, the Army missed its recruiting target last year. Given that the…
Details*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on October 24, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below. I forget my keys sometimes. Other times, it’s an important ID card I need for work. It’s even worse when I’m on dad duty: I’ve forgotten…
Details*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on October 17, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below.
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on October 13, 2019. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. A little over a week ago, I wrote a column about the Westboro Baptist Church’s (WBC) choice to protest here in the Pikes Peak region…
Details*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on October 10, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Steven Miller describes himself as a “very amateur musician,” but after talking to him for five minutes, it’s…
Details*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on October 3, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. When our historic Carnegie library building is finally fixed, I know who my vote is for the first…
Details*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on October 2, 2019. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Hate is coming to town. Local law enforcement has received notification that the infamous Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is planning three protests at places of…
Details*Note: This essay was originally published on the Modern War Institute’s Commentary & Analysis site. A little over a week ago, two of Saudi Arabia’s major oil facilities, Aramco’s Abqaiq and Khurais, were hit by a series of strikes. A Houthi rebel group in Yemen (aligned with Iran) claimed responsibility for the attack. Although Iran…
Details*Note: This essay was published in USA Today on September 24, 2019. It can also be found online here. HBO’s “Game of Thrones” did it again Sunday night, demonstrating, yet again, its unquestioned dominance in this Golden Age of Television. “Thrones” took in 12 Emmys, including winning for best drama series in its final season. Walking onto the…
Details*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on September 23, 2019, under a slightly different title. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Like Leif Ericson’s arrival of a millennia ago, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg landed recently on North American shores…
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