Worth noting: No police, no violence
June 2, 2020 — When Denver’s 10 pm news ended Monday night, the demonstrations downtown were still peaceful. They’d been that way all day. During the afternoon Denver Police Chief […]
Peaceful demonstrations vs lawless riots
June 1, 2020 — Demonstrators in Denver Saturday remembered George Floyd by lying face down with their hands behind their backs for 9 minutes while repeating “I can’t breathe.” They […]
It was murder … in the street … with a knee
May 29, 2020 — It didn’t take a genius to see and hear that Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was suffocating George Floyd. Floyd gasped repeatedly for several minutes […]
The very air you breathe is at risk
Were you aware that 95 (ninety-five!) rules designed to protect the environment — your environment — have been or are being rolled back by Trump? It’s one thing to not […]
The guns are winning
This is a good illustration of how I felt last night. There was news of yet another shooting at a Walmart, this time in Duncan, Oklahoma. (What is it about […]
Impeachment: The heart of the matter
This is an excerpt from the Washington whistleblower’s complaint. If you understand nothing else about the impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, understand this: The president of the United States used […]
It’s not just a park anymore
This weekend I found out I wasn’t as “over” our neighborhood shooting as I thought. Two days ago, for the first time in quite a while, I took my dog […]
