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Category Archives: Colorado Springs Gazette

Why we need libraries, even in the digital age

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminJune 6, 2018Leave a comment

*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on June 6, 2018. It can also be found online here. I often looked up at the enormous World War I-era “doughboy” statute in Memorial Park, Manitou Springs, and wondered about who was immortalized with so much bronze atop so much granite. But there was…

What Han Solo tells us about American heroes

Colorado Springs Gazette, Strategy Strikes BackBy adminMay 27, 2018Leave a comment

*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on May 27, 2018. It can also be found online here. Han Solo is an American hero. Across Colorado, the country and the world, millions will flock this Memorial Day weekend to see “Solo: A Star Wars Story” and the young Alden Ehrenreich take on…

Military leadership for USOC

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminMarch 11, 2018Leave a comment

*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on March 10, 2018. It can also be found online here. Want to fix the USOC? Draft a general. “Why is he sad?” my 6-year-old asked about the young man walking out of the U.S. Olympic Committee’s entrance, whose downward, despondent gaze was as identifiable…

Immunity for parents braving the school drop-off line

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminMarch 5, 2018Leave a comment

*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on March 5, 2018. It can also be found online here. I have a confession to make. When I drop my daughter off at school, I break the law. Not always. But sometimes. In my defense, like all parents, I know kids are our future.…

Can’t separate the Olympics from global politics

Colorado Springs Gazette, StrategyBy adminFebruary 19, 2018Leave a comment

*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on February 19, 2018. It can also be found online here. I love the Olympics, in part because they seem to defy reality as a place where dreams really do come true. But geopolitics doesn’t stop while the Olympics are on – countries always use…

A cost-free way to help make our children ready for school

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminFebruary 12, 2018Leave a comment

*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on February 12, 2018. It can also be found online here. I almost ran a kid over the other day. It was pre-dawn, a wintry, early morning, and I was out for a run. Shoulders hunched, he shuffled along, the way drowsy teenagers do, and…

Throwing fruitcakes could be healthy fun

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminJanuary 31, 2018Leave a comment

*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on January 31, 2018. It can also be found online here. It turns out tossing some fruitcake might have been the healthiest thing you could have done this past weekend. I did, this past Saturday, at the 22nd annual Manitou Springs Great Fruitcake Toss. Hundreds…

Libraries are our community’s greatest investment

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminJanuary 22, 2018Leave a comment

*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on January 22, 2018. It can also be found online here. I’ve always liked libraries, but never knew how vital they are to society. They’re our community’s memories and dreams, and where our collective past, present, and futures collide. It started in the summertime. Mom…

Giving blood contributes to community

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminJanuary 16, 2018Leave a comment

Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on January 16, 2018. It can also be found online here. Two seconds. One, two. Every second second. That’s how often blood is needed each day in the United States, according to the American Red Cross. One car accident victim can require as much as…

In 2018, let’s throw out the surface labels in the Pikes Peak region

Colorado Springs GazetteBy adminDecember 31, 2017Leave a comment

*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on December 31, 2017. It can also be found online here. I don’t always do it. But I scrolled through the comments in response to a recent opinion column of mine on the giant blue frame in the Garden of the Gods (may it rest…

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