In the last few years, there have been more words written about guns and gun violence in this country than there are bullets being stored up for the Apocalypse. I promise I am not going to wade into the debate about gun control. But as a gun owner, I am worried about where the intransigence of the NRA is taking us. They have had their legislative way for so long
Hello USR members and guests, In our Monday Perspective for Hire article “Another Blow to Democracy in the Heartland,” Lindsay Deen takes Colorado Springs City Council President Keith King to task for being unwilling to “add a local issues ballot insertion into the 2014 November ballot” because “the City of Colorado Springs cannot afford to join the state elections in November.” As Deen points out, “Perhaps this marks a new
He pulled his rifle and rucksack from the trunk of his Buick, then stepped out of the abandoned cattle shed and into the sunlight. To the south, a rusty barbed-wire fence separated ranch land from public domain. He scanned the hills beyond the fence. A local rancher had told him mule deer grazed just a few miles over the ridge. He headed in that direction. After hiking for half an
When Zoey Henderson was six years old, she spent much of the summer in her back yard making a gigantic American flag out of gum wrappers. The crotchety woman next door would come outside and water her own back yard just so she could scowl at Zoey, shake her head from side to side, and mutter ominously. She thought Zoey was a perfect example of how kids had become undisciplined
←Chapter Twelve December 1, 1811: I continue making discoveries from the Otherworld texts, but none have led me to any conclusions about the hybrid. There is information about the philosophical and political systems that developed around the time that Margaret devised the crossing. I see many similar systems in this world … April 29, 1820: We are moving again, this time further west. Mary will not be able to make
I caught Colorado Springs Councilwoman Jill Gaebler rushing from a television interview. Her eyes glinted with excitement and a bit of mischief as she described a few techniques the makeup artist had used, but after a few moments, we sat down and moved to the business at hand. As a community advocate, Gaebler pinpointed some of the most pressing issues in our community, including storm water and revitalization of our infrastructure.
