The reaction of white America to the Black Lives Matter campaign is more than disappointing. The reaction of the right wing, however, strains credulity. It takes a special kind of crazy to categorize a movement that is tired of racial profiling and police brutality as a national attack on cops. If a couple of people […]
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Once again, Colorado Springs has made national news, this time for what might turn out to be an act of domestic terrorism. For a state of our size, we have a depressingly long list of mass shootings, from Columbine to Planned Parenthood. The why of these events is easy to discern although Colorado may have
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The Denver Post lamented the fact that far too many Colorado high school graduates need remedial classes when they attend college. The numbers are indeed abysmal. The blame, as usual, falls on teachers and schools. Parents, students, and government officials always seem to avoid taking any responsibility. That discussion is for another day, however. As an educator with
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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Obviously, the eating connection is strong for me. But when I was a child, I loved it because it was the only holiday when I did not have to go to church. An hour to an hour and a half is a long time for a kid with ADHD to
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Saturday is date night for my wife Kim and I. Kim is not her real name. I seldom use real names in my column in order to protect the innocent, the guilty, or the clueless. To be honest, we should call it date day instead of date night since we are usually home by five.
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The Gazette recently published an editorial declaring that marijuana is “officially” a problem in Colorado. They followed that with a series called “Clearing the Haze.” The irony of the name is exceeded only by the equally offensive “Patriot Act.” It’s hard to know where to start in assessing the problems with the Gazette’s declaration of
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