2018

Part I of a bi-weekly six-part series   Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? – John 18:38 KJV The truth is truth is on trial. The fact is facts are on…

Don’t waste any time mourning. Organize! – Labor organizer and activist Joe Hill before his execution by Utah Progressives carry an enormous burden: They’re expected to be the adults in the…

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again…

Part III of a three-part series Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms. “The Winter of Our Discontent” by John Steinbeck Last week, I offered a challenging question: How,…

Part II of a three-part series   I’m shocked, shocked to find there’s gambling in these premises. Captain Louis Renault in “Casablanca” before being handed his winnings in Rick’s Café Last…

Note: This is first of a three-part series A couple weeks back, the Courant ran an uplifting article about Clear Creek High School teacher and student volunteers building a Habitat for…

In my recent articles, I’ve taken the Colorado Democratic Party to task for “being full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Under the wet-noodle lead of Governor John Hickenlooper, it has…

I had a delightful experience at a deli counter recently. I had just pulled a number from the dispenser to get my place in line, when a gentleman nudged me and…

Activism is a beautiful thing. It upsets the established order, unnerving conservatives but warming the cockles of liberals’ hearts. First, the #Metoo Movement; next, student protests about weapons of mass murder;…

A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up, increases and multiplies; irrepressible, incalculable. – Thomas Carlyle, English political philosopher In 2002, Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan,…

I couldn’t stop thinking about the layout of my sister’s elementary school, worrying that her classroom was too close to the school’s entrance. I eyed closets and windows in my own…

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. – Helen Keller: author, political activist, lecturer, first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, and…

I want to show these people exactly what’s going on when these children are facing bullets flying through classrooms and students are dying trying to get an education. That’s not OK,…

Frankly, the United States is under attack, under attack by entities that are using cyber to penetrate virtually every major action that takes place in the United States. – Director of…