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Category Archives: Colorado Springs Gazette

A place to call home matters

Colorado Springs Gazette, FeaturedBy adminOctober 6, 2021Leave a comment

*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…

Finding the real Rocky Mountain high

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminAugust 20, 2021Leave a comment

*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…

Colorado Springs needs some competition

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminJune 21, 2021Leave a comment

*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…

Navigating the long road back to normal

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminMarch 14, 2021Leave a comment

*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…

Let’s fix these high school mascots

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminFebruary 19, 2021Leave a comment

*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…

What will we do for our country, now?

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminJanuary 20, 2021Leave a comment

*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…

Defense Secretary pick deserves a fair hearing

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminJanuary 19, 2021Leave a comment

*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…

20/20 hindsight on a very long year

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminJanuary 1, 2021Leave a comment

*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…

Grandma’s legacy still lingers

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminNovember 29, 2020Leave a comment

*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…

What Colorado can learn from New Zealand

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminSeptember 14, 2020Leave a comment

*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…

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