The Writer
Skip to contentWe 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
Andy Rooney died this past weekend. I’ll miss the observations and witticisms from America’s Grump Laureate, sitting behind his cluttered desk at CBS complaining about everything from bottled water to lousy Christmas presents. In tribute to Rooney, I’d like to … Continue reading
The hippies are coming, the hippies are coming … to Colorado. Or maybe I should use another word. Activists? Malcontents? Or as Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said last week, “mob”? The Occupy Wall Street movement caught my attention … Continue reading
On the wall in my office hangs a photograph of Thomas Jefferson’s Rotunda dome at the University of Virginia. In the nighttime image, as soft yellow light glows from between the building’s white columns, a single bolt of brilliant white … 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
Announced last week, CSU signed a 10-year $5.2 million partnership with Coca-Cola Refreshments. The school wins big, with Coke contributing to scholarships, internships, athletics and more, to the tune of more than $500,000 annually. In exchange, Coke becomes the exclusive … Continue reading
When I heard the names of the four teachers recently laid off from our middle school, I thought, “Why them?” One is among the most talented and beloved of all my children’s teachers through the years. Then I was reminded … Continue reading
Sad but true, I spend more time with Luci, our family’s border collie mix, than even my wife and kids. You see, Luci can’t be left alone for long because she becomes unhinged and chews doors and furniture, so she’s … Continue reading
When, many years ago, I complained to my cousin Larry about some back problems I’d been having, he said, “You should try yoga.” At the time, my brain went down a path familiar to many people with no yoga experience. … Continue reading
I must confess, there was a time in my life when I considered a Goodwill thrift store to be reserved for people without the financial means to shop at a “normal” store, a viewpoint no doubt rooted in what I … Continue reading
