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NORAD: Off the Beaten Path, but an Intriguing Colorado Feature

Analysis, Nonfiction, Travel, Writings, Writings / By

For decades, the simple words “Welcome to Colorful Colorado” have greeted millions of visitors, and for good reason. Colorado really is a colorful place, with snow-capped purple mountains, red sandstone spires, green forests, and rolling, golden prairies. Still, there’s nothing wrong with avoiding the tourist-trap locales you would expect to find in a travel brochure […]

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Kevin’s Much-Loved Poems—“Wild Geese,” “Mindfulness,” and “October Dusk”

Creative Writing, Kevin Arnold, Nonfiction, Poetry, Writings, Writings / By

This continues a series of columns that feature a much-loved poem and poems that speak to, or resonate with, that poem. This week’s poem is “Wild Geese,” written by Mary Oliver. The second poem, “Mindfulness” by Wang Wei, fits well with the spiritual message of the Oliver poem. The third poem, “October Dusk” by Diane

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Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Unjust Imprisonment of Channen Smith

Malcolm McCollum, Nonfiction, Writings, Writings / By

At about 2 a.m. Saturday morning, October 23, 2010, outside the residence of Brandon Savage (street name “Ghostface”) at 1843 North Harvard Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, two people were shot. One was Carlameisha Jefferson (street name “24”), and she was treated in the emergency room and survived her wounds. The other was Dominique Jasper (street name

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