Tag: guest columns
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COLUMN: Actions speak louder than words
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Everyone is talking about President Trump. They are disturbed with his statements made at a press conference in Helskini. I’m disturbed too. But the reason why may surprise you. I thought that to examine what…
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COLUMN: Time for a civilian Medal of Honor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save They’re safe. The world sighed relief as the 13 members of the “Wild Boars” soccer team emerged safely from the Tham Luang Cave in northern Thailand. Their safety was secured in large part by the…
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GUEST COLUMN: Religious liberties will challenge Kavanaugh
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Now that the dust has settled about the Masterpiece Cake decision, and with Justice Kennedy’s announced retirement alongside the start of the confirmation assessment of nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh (former law clerk to Kennedy), perhaps…
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GUEST COLUMN: Rejecting the California bluerprint
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There is a great migration of people leaving California because they do not like how the state is changing. In the past ten years alone a million people have left California, eastward bound for other…
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COLUMN: Patriotism is simply love for one’s country
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I am patriotic. Loving my country does not make me a toxic nationalist. The dictionary definition of being patriotic has always been: having or expressing devotion to and vigorous support for one’s country. I believe…
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GUEST COLUMN: Reflections on the current lack of civility
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I had little agreement, patience or tolerance for most of what the Obama administration did and stood for, but there is an enormous difference about how and what was said and done by most of…
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GUEST COLUMN: Criminalizing homelessness is not the answer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We live in a country whose historic legacy as a democracy is the unalienable right to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness, and the role of government is to protect those rights against…
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COLUMN: Make Colorado Springs a major tourist destination
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Roland, our food tour guide on a recent vacation to Montreal, had a great personality to match his great size. Reassured by the reverse of the aphorism to ‘never trust a skinny chef,’ you couldn’t…
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GUEST COLUMN: Springs should seize the cyber security moment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Our city leaders deserve credit for making Colorado Springs a center of gravity for cybersecurity education, training and work. That Colorado Springs and cybersecurity share the same initials CS is more coincidence than the foresight of our city founders. But why not run with it?…
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COLUMN: A homecoming with the Army’s 8th Regiment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Last week I was invited to Fort Carson for the observance of 8th Regiment Week. I spent a pleasant day with Command Sgt. Maj. Tim Chrysler and soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry. Bravo…