*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on October 6, 2021. The text of the essay is below. I took my family to the inaugural game at Ed Robson Arena at Colorado College on Saturday night. We watched the Air Force Falcons win 2-1 over the home team Colorado College Tigers in an exhibition. Once, I…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on August 20, 2021. The text of the essay is below. “I see one! Look, there!” My daughter’s finger knifed at the dark sky, where moments earlier, a fiery streak from the annual Perseid meteor shower shot across the black horizon. We’d driven two hours from home in…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on June 21, 2021. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Colorado Springs needs a worthy adversary. A competitor that pushes the city to make us sharper, stronger, better, more thoughtful. Author Simon Sinek describes a “worthy adversary” as…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on March 14, 2021. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. His nametag said “Dakotah,” and his help was like winning a little lottery. It was one of those pandemic days when the walls get tighter and the ceilings…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on February 19, 2021. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Last year, pro sports teams in Washington and Cleveland announced they’re dropping their racist mascots. Here in District 12, Cheyenne Mountain High School is poised to do the same, the…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on January 20, 2021. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. “Masks are bull$#*%! Get off me, man, they do nothing!” The tall guy yelled as the salesperson shooed him out of the store in Aspen, Colorado this past…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on January 19, 2021. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. The US Senate opens hearings this week on retired general Lloyd Austin’s nomination as next defense secretary. To some, Austin should lead because he’s Black and battle-hardened. To…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on January 1, 2021. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. 2020 was dominated by two topics: Covid-19 and the US presidential election. Both were (and are) high-stakes and mattered to many, many, many people both here and around…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on November 29, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Grandma DeLone died last month, and in a moment of weakness, I thought about store-bought stuffing for Thanksgiving. Now I feel a little ashamed, because I — even…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on September 14, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Colorado can learn a lot from New Zealand. True, New Zealand’s in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and Colorado’s continent-bound. New Zealand’s coastline is as jagged as…