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There isn’t much that Americans agree about these days. The closest we come to unity is our moral outrage at the murder of defenseless childre…
The prevalence of school shootings should lead to a rigorous re-evaluation of the way we organize our schools. Even if we cannot easily see th…
Since I was 12, I have spent thousands of hours playing violent video games. I have killed various things in various ways. Accordingly, I was …
May is mental health awareness month. It is therefore a good time to develop awareness about, and support for, people who have mental illness.
Last week, someone asked presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke how he would seek to fix economic disparity. His answer was ridiculous.
The recent Jared Polis town hall in Colorado Springs had some unexpected drama. Apparently, protesting in Colorado is not as safe as it used to be.
By now we are used to school shootings. We don’t like to admit it, but, yes, in spite of the heartbreak we have become inured to the sights an…
What drives Mother’s Day spending upwards of $25 billion? Why will so many Americans reflexively reach for wallets and open purses to shower a…
For Military Appreciation Month we asked several prominent military leaders to comment on the importance of the military in the Pikes Peak region:
As a lifelong resident of Colorado Springs, I understand and appreciate the role our country’s military has had in helping us become a great c…
Judging by the trendy popularity of socialist old-timer Bernie Sanders, aging anti-capitalist baby boomer Elizabeth Warren, callow (that means…
For every parent, every kid old enough to know, every educator — it’s the worst news. Our hearts are crushed for the kids, the families, the s…
The windowless municipal courtroom was standing room-only, the air thick with anxiety. Bodies crammed into the hardwood benches, oriented towa…
This week, community, business and political leaders gather to endorse travel’s economic and cultural benefits in honor of National Travel and…
The debacle on the southern border continues unabated. We can look at the context of the situation. Thousands of asylum seekers are desperatel…
Colorado has created a fiscal cliff; the state is woefully unprepared for the revenue shortfall that will accompany the next recession. Citize…
Today is Law Day — an annual celebration of the rule of law, as declared by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1959. Each year, the American Ba…
Colorado Springs was recently included in the top three “Best Places to Live” ranking by U.S. News & World Report magazine. We attract stu…
Despite frantic efforts to save its paid family leave measure in the last few days of the session, Colorado Democrats in the state legislature…
I was running. Dawn was still rising, and I was headed east toward downtown Colorado Springs on the Midland Trail adjacent to Highway 24. The …
The Colorado Legislature’s ratification of the National Popular Vote NPV has provoked outrage because it cedes Colorado’s presidential elector…
At first blush, creativity and standardized testing just don’t seem to mix. After all, what score could apply to the Mona Lisa? What metric co…
World War II gave us a distinguished group of people who have been called “the greatest generation”. Maybe whoever coined the phrase “Make Ame…
What’s being done to Mark Kennedy is nothing short of a political smear campaign.