*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…
*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…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on March 1, 2020. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. “Sesame Street” recently introduced its viewers to the face of modern war, and she goes by “Charlie.” For the first time in more than two decades, the…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on December 31, 2019. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. As we walked through the morning cold I was already thinking several hours ahead. My wife was out of town and the normal to-do list…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on December 25, 2019. An image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. About a year ago, I was running, puffing out white clouds like a jogging dragon in the early morning. Through the dark, I looked up…
*Note: This story was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on December 17, 2019. It is coverage of Strategy Strikes Back and Winning Westeros from a local journalist named Seth Boster. An image of the column is included below.