Slouching toward Gomorrah

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed; and everywhere The ceremony of innocence i...

Justice vs. corruption

Taking personal responsibility to uphold what is pure, right and true. Justice is any expression of personal responsibility to uphold integrity, whether the integrity of a legal s...

Nonsensical approach increases wildfire costs

The following letter was sent last week to Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, by a bipartisan gr...

Back home but still busy

It’s great to be back home, and I’m settling into the interim schedule, catching up with constituents in person and attending meetings on all sorts of topics around my senate district. Given...

Justice vs. corruption

Taking personal responsibility to uphold what is pure, right and true. Justice is any expression of personal responsibility to uphold integrity, whether the integrity of a legal s...

Obama plan: Fight fires with funding cuts

As fires burn throughout Colorado and other parts of the West, destroying homes and lives, know that President Barack Obama plans to make things worse. The forest fire nightmare i...

New laws in the name of freedom

COLORADO AND THE WEST The western Colorado town of Nucla only has about 730 residents, but its council is eager to tell them how to live — only in the name of freedom, of course, ...

Bigots and the American dream

Yes, it is possible. You can pursue the American dream. And maybe even be on your way to achieving it by age 11. That won’t necessarily stop comments by racists or cretins who think it’s coo...

It’s time for butterflies and flowers

Southwest Colorado’s jewels sparkle in the summer

Do you remember Greta Garbo?

My mom passed on to me along my nose, insomnia and a love for old movies. That’s a hint. Like the fictional Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, Greta Garbo was big in the movies, and when she...

Faith in parenting: Trust, believe, expect

Parenting one of the biggest faith challenges in the Christian life. And if one is raising a challenging child, well, need more be said? Through the experience of parenting child...

It's time for butterflies and flowers

Southwest Colorado's jewels sparkle in the summer