The Writer
Skip to contentA particular Monday in July was rough. By late afternoon, I waited for my doctor to call with the kind of test results that could send a life careening off the rails depending upon the outcome. But when the phone … Continue reading
Opening facts: Smoking kills 4,300 Coloradans annually. Smoking-related government expenditures cost each Colorado household $570 annually. When a for-profit corporation says, “We feel it’s important to give back to our community,” I rarely believe it. Instead, a filter in my … Continue reading
Yes, it’s ironic. I’ve made a career of helping people sell things, but I’ve got a real hang-up with unsolicited selling. My intolerance boiled over on a recent business trip to Las Vegas. Once I was settled in seat 23F, … Continue reading
With apologies to any victims of my unforgivable stereotyping, I’ve long considered a police scanner to be an extraneous bit of Heathkit gadgetry only interesting to three groups of people. One, bottom-feeder trial attorneys desperate to be first on the … Continue reading
We are nearing the deadlines for personal essays. Most are part of a college application, but the same rules of effective essays hold when applying for a scholarship or a job opening. I occasionally get to review such essays and … Continue reading
With widespread e-mail use 20 years old and a half million non-spam e-mails sent every second, you’d think we’d all be e-mail experts, but we’re not. I’m stumped by the number of small mistakes, and amazed by the whoppers. The … Continue reading
I favor rousing debate. Let all contenders bring forth their best arguments. Let each voice take a turn behind the podium. But I don’t favor being required to pay for my opposition’s time at the microphone. Like many Coloradoan readers, … Continue reading
Greetings from multiple stops between Colorado and Lake Michigan. Vacationing by minivan, we’re experiencing firsthand the new meaning of highway robbery. Beyond the shock of $200 pumped in one day of cross-country cruising, I’ve witnessed a surprising consequence of fantastic … Continue reading
It looks like the new city logo is going down in flames. Where do we go from here? From my perspective, influenced by many years of working closely with organizations as they choose logos, we are about to make a … Continue reading
I’ve been struggling for weeks to understand why the Collegian’s F-word editorial deriding Bush upset so many people. Well, I finally figured it out, and better still, there might be a positive outcome from this mess. Far more shocking than … Continue reading
