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During the third week of each July, I pause and reflect on “National Parenting Gifted Children Week.” It’s a quiet week, with little in the ne…
This summer, while the Congress is debating the wisdom and organizational structure of the Administration’s proposed Space Force, the Air Forc…
Last week the World Health Organization took the rare step of classifying the Ebola outbreak in Congo as a “public health emergency of interna…
In 1964, Marshall McLuhan coined the famous phrase, “the medium is the message.” He meant that the true message, more than just the content, c…
Antifa is a loose network of individuals and groups, principally anarchist fanatics and far-left revolutionaries. It calls itself “anti-fascis…
Going to college is a critical step on the path to adulthood for many young people. In the ideal scenario, the college campus exposes students…
The active and health-conscious have long flocked to Colorado for its fresh mountain air, vast network of rivers and trails, and world-class s…
Nike is back in the news. Right before the Independence Day holiday, they decided to recall a newly made tennis shoe that had been sent to ret…
Short-term rentals, those mini-motels that the City Council authorized to operate in residential areas and other parts of Colorado Springs, ar…
The horror stories of concentration camps (not death camps, but bad enough) on the southern border are in the news every day. In the middle of…
Lacking the skills to keep his job as an NFL quarterback, Colin Kaepernick has found success as a woke provocateur and antagonist of American …
While Washington debates how to handle the humanitarian crisis at our southern border, the negative consequences of our harsh immigration dete…
Ever felt that you had your rights violated? I had a recent experience that I would like to relate.
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution says “Here’s a list of what the U.S. Congress can do.” The Tenth Amendment says “And that’s it.” If i…
Nobody likes potholes. Nobody. They’re like the plague that way. Broccoli to kids. Glitter to adults. Kryptonite to
Painful as it was I soldiered through four hours, over two evenings, watching 20 Democrats compete in the first presidential debates.
The 4th of July should have reminded us of American history. History tends to get lost in American education. As that wise guy GI told me when…
Colorado Springs was my first stop when I was going through the process to be considered for the presidency of the University of Colorado. I w…
The National Center for Family and Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University announced recently that only seven 7% of current United…
It’s likely surprising to the student body, alumni, faculty, administration and other fans of the CU Buffaloes that a University of Colorado r…
When I was a kid in Mercedes, Texas, my brother and I would pick cotton in the fields surrounding the town. For us it was a summertime job, a …
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once said that sunlight is the best disinfectant.
To hear its opponents talk, migrant caravans are nothing less than an “invasion.” Thousands of people who don’t talk like we do are invading o…
For about five minutes, I was transfixed. A young mother rolled around on the ground with her daughter, in full view of everyone watching, fou…
It’s been seven years ago this week that the Waldo Canyon forest fire crested the hills above Colorado Springs, bursting down into the city in…