I cannot call what happened at UCC in Roseburg, Oregon a tragedy. Gun violence in general and mass shootings in particular have become too common place in America to call them tragedies. They are the natural consequences of allowing easy and unrestricted access to guns and ammunition. (Full disclosure: I own guns and a concealed […]
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Ah, Homecoming. Bonfires, cooler weather, football, school spirit, and nostalgia. What a wonderful time of year. Not everyone had a good experience in high school, but I did. Thirty years ago, I got to perform with the marching band in the halftime show for every football game, and those years in the band were some
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I sat on my back deck yesterday enjoying the incredible autumn weather that frames the beauty of Colorado and looking at the small patch of San Isabel Forest that abuts my property. As the cat rubbed against my leg marking me as his, I watched the leaves and pine needles fall like raindrops. Another layer
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Every night when I go to bed, I gaze at the night sky through the skylight in my bedroom for awhile. Through the skylight, I have seen shining stars and various constellations, airplanes with blinking lights, certain planets, countless shooting stars, the Perseid meteor showers, a few space satellites, and the International Space Station, which
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“Check this out,” my friend Mickey said as he pointed to the car in front of us. It had a bumper sticker that read, “Honk if you love Jesus.” Mickey honked his horn and the driver rolled down his window and gave us the finger. “Happens every time,” Mickey said as he laughed. Colorado Springs
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According to Star Trek, which takes place in the 24th Century, computers stored with thousands of different blueprints, recipes, and instructions can use that data to materialize food, tools, machine parts, clothing, and many other goods seemingly out of nothing. Here’s the exciting news: replicators have already arrived well before Star Trek predicted, and this technology has wooed as many
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