The Americans with Disabilities Act is a terrible law and should be repealed. There, I said it. I’ll go even further: Believing this does not …
I have always stayed away from drugs, legal or otherwise, but they are a problem that we can’t ignore. Recent events reveal the futility of dr…
The American Legion is turning 100 years old, and as it celebrates a century of service, it faces ruthless membership decline. To confront thi…
Veteran’s Day had its origin at the end of World War I in 1918, a conflict so horrendous that it was dubbed, “the Great War,” or “the war to e…
It has been said, “Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.” That comment is fitting considering the hoopla surrounding Tuesday’…
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It’s a time to celebrate freedom’s victory over communist tyranny. Do Ame…
When the University of Colorado was founded in Boulder the same year as Colorado statehood in 1876, Colorado’s pioneering forefathers envision…
We know that the Pikes Peak region was populated by Indian tribes since ancient times. The mysterious people known as Paleo-Indians, whom some…
It’s difficult to run any business or any organization month to month, unsure if you will have the resources in the coming weeks to keep proje…
“The biggest argument against democracy is a five-minute discussion with the average voter,” said the great Winston Churchill.
In its crusade to remake America in its progressive image, The New York Times, the leftist think tank that was once a newspaper, has launched …
The Constitution, we have been told, is outdated. For the latest example from this cottage industry of latter-day alleged experts, see Richard…
Colorado’s economy ranks among the best in the country. But despite a very low unemployment rate, record corporate profits and tourism revenue…
Steve Chapman’s opinion on universal health care was based largely on health insurance spin that will be coming at readers strong and hard in …
The fossil finds in Corral Bluffs just east of Colorado Springs are simply fantastic. What a privilege to be alive during the discovery of suc…
In a political auction for seductive but unachievable outcomes at someone else’s expense, socialist and progressive politicians unconstrained …
The following is an excerpt adapted from the new book “Fear Your Future: How the Deck Is Stacked against Millennials and Why Socialism Would M…
More than ever before, the value of a college degree is under intense scrutiny — especially from those who wonder if a degree is necessary to …
A Gallup poll from this year shows the fraction of Americans who identify as conservative over those who call themselves liberal is at its low…
Last week I attended the Colorado Springs School District 11 World Café meeting. The district, to its credit, invited citizen input on the dra…
Pro: Tony Frank and Mark Kennedy
With apologies to Hamlet and William Shakespeare: “To beef, or not to beef, that is the question.” This controversial issue has been stirred u…
Colorado’s Gunnison sage-grouse, a species for whose protection I have been advocating since discovering it in 1977, is going extinct — and Co…
After Colorado legalized marijuana for adult use, New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd came to Colorado to experience legal marijuana edibles…
If you read Proposition CC’s ballot language, you’ll be hard pressed to figure out what it’s really asking.
Have you heard of the “Battle of the Bike Lanes”? The catchy phrase dominated local headlines for several months last year. Our new controvers…
A little over a week ago, I wrote a column about the Westboro Baptist Church’s (WBC) choice to protest here in the Pikes Peak region (“How to …
We know that President Donald Trump is an unconventional president, but it’s still surprising that he would telephone a 29-year-old reporter a…
2019 Colorado ballots have already been mailed out to voters. This year, there are no candidate races and only two propositions as compared to…
Something has gone wrong on our campuses. Every year, every semester, brings new reports of students resorting to shouting, name-calling, and …
It’s been a long time, but once again Ukraine is on our radar screen. Now maybe a few more of my countrymen can find it on a map. Or at least …
It’s time to dive into the promise of sharing our economic vitality with southeast Colorado Springs. Thus far we have only dipped our toes wit…
Despite the news cycle focus on impeachment inquiries of President Trump, and sanctions against Iran for its role in bombing of Saudi Arabian …
If you ever try to sell something on Craigslist or eBay, here’s a word to the unwise. I’ve used both of those platforms with some success, so …
Last year, Colorado voters overwhelmingly rejected last year’s ballot measure that amounted to a multibillion-dollar tax increase on families …
There are now four full-time Airbnb businesses on my block (in Colorado Springs). I sit on my front porch, enjoying an early autumn afternoon.…
Two propositions are on the ballot this year: DD and CC. Proposition CC takes away your tax refund. Proposition CC is another way to take more…
While many of my fellow Coloradans were planning barbecues, camping trips or excursions to a favorite fishing spot over the Labor Day weekend,…
Hate is coming to town. Local law enforcement has received notification that the infamous Westboro Baptist Church is planning three protests a…
Prompted by a rash of incidents involving bears foraging for food, on Oct. 8 the City Council is poised to vote on an ordinance to require res…
She was only 16-years old, an illiterate peasant girl tending her father’s sheep and spinning wool into thread with her mother. But she knew o…
Colorado is home to a vibrant hotel and lodging industry. From centrally located properties to small bed and breakfasts tucked away in the mou…
Colorado schoolchildren played hooky on Sept. 20 and marched joining a worldwide “Climate Strike” to save the planet and protest the lack of a…
We have arrived at another Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, 5780. It is the first of the Ten Days of Repentance that begin this year at sundown…
Common sense tells us that lawmaking depends upon getting people to agree. So why in the world do we see so much fighting in today’s politics?
Like Leif Ericson’s arrival of a millennia ago, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg landed recently on North American shores v…
I’m not too old to remember the days of my youth. Idealism is a perennial quality among the young, and I was idealistic. I am proud that I joi…
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing and detention center in Aurora has gotten a lot of attention lately. On July 12, it was set…
What internet sites have more viewers that Amazon, Netflix, YouTube and Twitter combined every month? Pornography.
Everyone deserves a birth and a death filled with grace. Death isn’t exactly the most comfortable dinner table topic. It is very intimate and …