*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on August 29, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. At 6:52 p.m. on Tuesday, August 27, Manitou Springs took a big step forward. City Councilman Gary Smith…
*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on August 8, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. John W. Kriger was full of humbug. In 1901, he was the Manitou Springs city attorney and prophesied…
*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on June 20, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. We were in Salida when I saw him. He was about my daughter’s age, fixed in his wheelchair…
*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on March 21, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. Author Neil Gaiman once wrote that “individuals make the future, and they do it by imagining that things…
*Note: This essay was published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin print edition on February 7, 2019. It can also be found online here, an image of the column is included below, as well as the text of the essay. It’s intolerable that Manitou’s library can’t accommodate the disabled and is so clearly inadequate for the community’s needs.…