Next time, say ‘thank you’

Not long ago I was asked where I get my material for each column. Well, it is everywhere. In conversation, most veterans are willing to tell their stories to other veterans because they know...

Ways to beat kids’ blues in summertime

School’s out for summer, the weather is hot and the kids are bored. What to do to keep those summertime blues away? Being new to the area. I found myself in a conundrum on where ...

Mesa Verde’s early park visitors

PAST HISTORY OF EVENTS AT MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK Making Camp for the Night, July 1909. Prof. Ed Levy was a teacher in Cortez in 1909/10. This...

'Letters from the war zone'

With the end of the legislative session in early May, I now write new columns monthly rather than the session's weekly efforts. One constituent thanked me for my "letters from the war zone" ...

Faith vs. presumption

Confidence that actions rooted in good character will yield the best outcome, even when I cannot see how. Faith is confidence that is rooted in one's knowledge of the truth. The ...

'Letters from the war zone'

With the end of the legislative session in early May, I now write new columns monthly rather than the session's weekly efforts. One constituent thanked me for my "letters from the war zone" ...

A shield law is needed to protect a free press

If members of the U.S. House and Senate are truly serious about cracking down brazen efforts by the U.S. Justice Department to intimidate news reporters by seeking their telecommunications w...

Faith vs. presumption

Confidence that actions rooted in good character will yield the best outcome, even when I cannot see how. Faith is confidence that is rooted in one’s knowledge of the truth. The ...

Which ‘public’ controls federal lands?

Hey, it’s a beautiful day; let’s go for a ride in the public forest. Great idea; let’s go drive that old logging road that is so pretty this time of year! Hey, why is it blocked and closed? ...

To survive wildfire, get home ready

Most residents who live in high-risk areas are surprised to learn that the flaming front of a fire is not what most commonly burns down homes. The intense heat of a crown fire does not usual...

No thanks, Estonia

At any given moment, 20 million people are video chatting with friends and relatives in distant lands. Skype, the ingenious software that makes this possible, was developed in Estonia, a tin...

The importance of privacy protections

IRS apologists are furiously trying to change the subject from the outrageous targeting of political opponents by the IRS to a policy debate over forced disclosure of contributions to groups...