“Everything about American education is getting bigger all the time: the number of students enrolled, the amount of dollars it spends–and the vast amount of pedagogical gobbledygook. As it gets bigger, more and more people are insistently asking: is it any good? The complaining voice is not that of a few carping malcontents but a …
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Football, football, and more football took up my weekend and the games did not disappoint. The take-away from the five games was a winning team better have a good quarterback and coach. Buffalo and Kansas City have both, and they are strong contenders to advance to the Super Bowl. Our beloved Broncos have talent but …
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American diplomats met with Russian counterparts last week to discuss the buildup of an estimated 100,000 Russian military forces along the Ukrainian border. The U.S. effort was to deter the impending Russian invasion by Biden’s warning of strong U.S. sanctions against any Russian invasion of the former Soviet State. There was little news coverage of …
KINDLING – A matter of days before Ukraine falls Read More »
The recent Marshall fire in Boulder and neighboring communities was the most destructive fire in Colorado history, moving quickly and relentlessly, destroying over 1000 homes, leaving an apocalyptic level of destruction in its wake. A confluence of weather events including high winds and lack of recent precipitation combined to fan the flames of this inferno …
THE EYES HAVE IT – Boulder fires – new or history Read More »
Sunday afternoon, January 9th, was a perfect invitation to spend the day with the Colorado Symphony led by our former illustrious conductor, Marin Alsop. For over two hours we observed this extraordinary musical legend conduct the one-hundred-person orchestra with extreme precision. Without a musical score, never missing a beat and communicating with her arms and …
The search for the next Red Miller/Dan Reeves/Mike Shanahan/Gary Kubiak has begun. As required by the National Football League, Broncos general manager George Paton has requested of several teams that are in the playoffs permission to speak to assistant coaches on their staffs. The list of prospects to become Denver’s next head football coach is …
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I have two college degrees, two professional certificates, and I’ve worked in my field for nearly thirty years. Yet I still believe the best education I ever received were the years I spent in my teens and early twenties working in a restaurant. The restaurant world is a job experience and an education quite unlike …
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I’m a lifelong Bronco fan through the good times and bad times. We’re going through a bad time right now and Sunday’s loss was a heartbreaker for fans. It is interesting to note that the spread on the game was 10 1/2 points so fans betting on Denver won the money but lost the game. …
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Newspapers seem to be gaining in strength as we enter 2022. Many Colorado newspapers have been sold with strong demand. Swift newspapers, that has had great success in ski towns with The Vail Trail and Aspen Times, sold with all of their Colorado newspapers to Ogden Newspapers located in Wheeling, West Virginia. Swift newspapers, family …
All good things come to an end. And just around the corner is another exciting adventure! 9 hours before I retired as a City Councilwoman, I was offered an opportunity to, once again, make a difference. For some time now, I have been very disillusioned with our media points and the various places where we …
