The Writer
Skip to contentThrough his school, my son is getting his first taste of activism. I made the inane comment that he should try to understand the other guy’s position, as well as his own. He reads my columns, knows my politics and … Continue reading
With this month’s column, please allow me to revisit four topics from 2014 because so much has changed. Early in the year, I commented on how CVS’s 7,600 U.S. stores would no longer sell tobacco products. Skeptics railed at the … Continue reading
This month’s column is about death. Feel like skipping to the next column? It’s understandable. We’re uncomfortable with the subject, which is too bad. If we spoke more openly and realistically about death, our society might reject the misconceptions and … Continue reading
Colorado Senate President John Morse is under fire by gun-rights advocates, and the shots are echoing from Boston to L.A. The battle tactic is recall. Morse supported gun-control legislation that included stricter background checks to include private and online gun … Continue reading
“Nowhere is [the gun control] debate more emotionally charged or politically consequential than in Colorado,” recently wrote none other than the New York Times. Our state’s experience at Columbine High School and an Aurora movie theater agitates our state Legislature … Continue reading
Do people in your extended family ever talk about the quality of the deaths of the dear departed? The conversation might go something like, “Aunt Gwen had that dreadful stroke, couldn’t walk or talk, and hung on for — what … 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
A week ago, a Republican-dominated committee in the Colorado legislature voted 6-5 to allow Senate Bill 2 to move forward. Tuesday, knowing that if debated before the full House, the bill would have passed, Republicans killed the bill, as shouts … Continue reading
To understand why the statewide teachers union is right to ask a judge to strike down new rules requiring parental notification of teacher arrests, look no further than today’s headlines and the examples of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Casey Anthony. These … Continue reading
When I saw Cory Gardner’s attack ad on TV, I decided that my last column before Election Day would cover either the depraved state of Colorado campaigning or anything other than Colorado politics. But then I passed a towering billboard … Continue reading
