What a great line from the movie “The Princess Bride.” And what a great word for the comment to be about: inconceivable. As a still somewhat free man in a somewhat free country, I’m perplexed we’ve arrived at this point. The “constitutional” arguments we’ve experienced over the years seem inconceivable to me, as I’m sure […]
Apparently I’m feeling the need to expand upon my previous thoughts on the ridiculous number of bills presented in the last session of the Colorado Legislature. If you recall, I wrote that in the last legislative session alone, more than 600 bills were introduced. That leads to a few logical questions: Are there really 600 […]
Isn’t that the point we’re getting to? Worse, I actually think we’re to the point where we’re no longer a nation of people doing what they feel is best. We’re now at the point where people just plain feel entitled to do whatever the heck they want. And if someone stops them, they’ll figure out […]
I come to this column after a little Memorial Day weekend dust up on Facebook. Yes, Facebook: the sad, but brutally honest, window into the combined psyche of what’s left of the average American’s brain. What I saw isn’t a pretty picture. Indeed, it should cause distress. The dust up was over a certain T-shirt […]
Please forgive me, but the pressure is too great to not publish this column. Full disclosure: I’m a New England Patriots fan, but like anything else in DeflateGate, that doesn’t matter. You see, the whole Wells Report uproar isn’t about Tom Brady, Bill Belichick or the Patriots. It comes down to one thing: Just how […]
As I venture into my 54th year of continuing education on the phrase “no good deed goes unpunished” comes the latest lesson from the great nanny state known as a “notice of decision.” I guess my last notice lesson from more than 10 years ago wasn’t fresh enough in my head to see this one […]
In our 24/7 news world, it now seems as though we also have a 365/52 political season. We went through our county, state and national elections in November and just got done with our city elections this month. Now contenders are already lining up to become the next president of the United States. It never […]
And then we’d never have another problem in our society, what with all of the know-it-alls running around. Nirvana in a nutshell. Maybe we could skip the elections and declare everyone a winner in the same way we give out trophies for participation and every problem would then be solved. Hey, it’s a better alternative […]
For some unknown reason over the past several weeks, I’ve been bombarded with the topic of parenting. I’ve been in the role of single parent for 2 1/2 years and think I’ve done a pretty good job. But I must admit, the long breath I sometimes take when the kiddos go back to their mom’s […]
The Business Times recently received a response to the editorial published in the Jan. 15-28 edition. In the editorial, we asked what our readers and advertisers would like from us in the coming year to make us a better publication. We noted that our local chamber of commerce does this every year, as do many […]