2011

We should sink or swim together Four years ago was the 500th anniversary of the settlement at Jamestown, which, if we agree to identify as the first permanent settlement of America…

Advice for Obama’s election campaign Dear Mr. President: In your speech to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, you said, “There are no blue states; there are no red states; there’s only…

Is Colorado committed to public education? It’s the job of historians to name eras by identifying the period’s dominant social, cultural, or economical force: the Cold War, the Gilded Age, or…

Does the Constitution or Bible have more power? It was great relief to see sanity, rule of law, and our state constitution triumphing, which gives hope for that potential at the…

Economic woes can be solved by doing “Don’t tell me what you’ll try,” I’d tell my students paraphrasing Yoda’s admonition to Luke, “only that which you will do.” Doing nothing leads…

Time to stand up to the crazies These are times that try liberals’ souls. Being a Broncos fan, I know what a butt-whipping looks and feels like, and the bill passed…

National debt has deep Republican roots “Government debt and interest payments are slated to double as a share of the economy over the next decade, crowding out private investment and government…

Staying healthy until the end Over the past several articles, I’ve been addressing topics related to personal health with the idea of promoting a conversation about it. Simply put: Practicing a…

Posture is a key to health The topic of obesity in America, which is directly related to diet and exercise, has been splashed across the media including this one of late.…

Running can bring us together In Born to Run, which has become biblical for many runners, Christopher McDougall relates the story of Louis Liebenberg who, with a renegade band of Bushmen,…

Food for thought to end obesity Two indicators affirmed I had returned in May from the South: a foot of snow and not being asked to choose between sweet and non-sweet…

CCC resources for healthier lifestyles When attending the bi-monthly meeting of the Clear Creek Health Advisory Committee at the encouragement of Commissioner Joan Drury, I was impressed by the eagerness of…

Asking which side you’re on with government is a false choice After the debacle of the Articles of Confederation, the Founders understood the necessity of a strong central government despite their…

A 21st-century version of “To Build a Fire” When Jack London wrote “To Build a Fire” a century ago, the 50 to 75-below zero temperatures through which the protagonist walks was…

Column ideas that won’t written Every once in an occasion I encounter kryptonite for writers: writer’s block. It comes in fits and starts blindsiding the writer at unexpected and worst of…