Author: Pula Davis

We are a city that has struggled with questions about its identity for some time. Are we a military town? Are we a tourist’s dream destination? Can we preserve our trails and open space lifestyle and still grow? How can we become a business-friendly, sophisticated, cultural mecca? These questions have yet to be answered. One…

Little Caylee Anthony’s cherubic face will haunt some of us for a long time. There’s nothing more tragic or riveting than the unexplained death of a child, and we all wish such tragedies could be neatly resolved with justice served. Now that the dust has almost settled on the Casey Anthony case, the broader implications…

We have trolls and spammers. We have the bigots with an agenda. And we have the experts who know everything about everything. Caught in the middle may be the innocents. These are the commenters on our online articles at gazette.com. And almost every day one or more breaks or tries to thwart the rules that…

In Colorado Springs for the Global New Energy Summit, Colorado Sen. Mark Udall stopped by The Gazette to meet with the editorial board Tuesday. Conservatives would do well to take a look at this Democrat. From what could be described as a Democratic political dynasty, Udall is the son of Morris “Mo” Udall, a former…

Today is the national holiday to celebrate the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. It is also a holiday that has from its inception been fraught with controversy and contention. The U.S. first celebrated the holiday in 1986, but it wasn’t until 2000 that all the states participated. King has always been…

No other word in America stirs more anger, emotion or controversy than the N-word. Its impact goes without saying. An entire book, “The N word: Who can say it, who shouldn’t, and why,” was written about who has the right to use the word. Last month, one of the country’s top five radio talk show…

Quarterback Michael Vick hopes to own a dog again someday. In a recent interview, Vick said a dog would be good for his rehabilitation process and for his family, which includes three children. This from someone who was convicted just two years ago for his role in a dog-fighting operation called “Bad Newz Kennels” on…

The images are still vivid in many Americans’ minds: Planes careening into buildings; New Yorkers staring upward as people launched themselves toward certain death; families grasping photos of the missing, clinging to flimsy hopes; the numerous memorials in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Nine years have passed but the pain, the disbelief, remain with us.…