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Comet ISON: Coming to a sky near you

From now through mid-December of 2013, all over the world, a brand-new comet will become visible to the naked eye in our morning skies before dawn. This morning comet is named ISON, and this...

DATE: Nov 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Route 66: Finding the Mother Road

I had the ride, but not the road. I was living in Tennessee, and I’d bought my dream car, a Big Bird or 1963 pearl white Thunderbird complete with a 390-cubic-inch Ford V-8 engine, brushed a...

DATE: Nov 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Poster child comes up short

Conservative groups are highlighting the case of Michael Cerpok, who has leukemia, whose insurance plan was canceled because it didn’t comply with the Affordable Care Act. A news...

DATE: Nov 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Sometimes, there’s no place like home

Some health care done in a hospital or doctor’s office can now be done at home. It’s effective, convenient and usually less costly. Medicare might pay for health care you receiv...

DATE: Nov 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Focus with tenets of faith

It was the first Sunday of the month. I was preparing for worship at about six in the morning. I come to church early to be alone with the Lord – to quiet myself and get focused. ...

DATE: Nov 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Columnists

The freedom and foundation leading to faith is like a goat rodeo

A musical friend recently blogged about attending a concert of The Goat Rodeo. While I am familiar with some of the musicians that make up the group (Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan and...

DATE: Sep 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Fall into healthy eating

Fall is here with its busy “back to school” schedules and iffy weather. Even in these conditions, with a little creativity and improvisation it’s possible to keep up healthy practices. ...

DATE: Sep 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: MECC Cares for kids

Getting students to write about democracy

Summer is almost gone, children are back in school, and high school football is in full swing. The younger kids are also playing football and soccer after school at the city parks. ...

DATE: Sep 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Veterans Forum

Thank you, John McPhee

In the final part of John McPhee’s 1971 classic, Encounters with the Archdruid, David Brower and Floyd Dominy — both men I would have loved to meet — raft the Grand Canyon together. ...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Writers on the Range

Responsibility vs. unreliability

Knowing and doing what is expected of me. A responsible person does not wait for a “to do” list. Responsibility is knowing within one’s self what needs to be done and carrying the...

DATE: Sep 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Character Council

Washington dysfunction hurts rural Colorado

One sign of the dysfunction in Washington these days is that the conversations there have completely detached from the ones happening in kitchens and living rooms across Colorado and the cou...

DATE: Sep 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Traveling and enjoying three weeks of heaven

Three weeks of heaven ... For the past three weeks, my family and I vacationed in Santa Fe and Taos, N.M., Flagstaff, Ariz., and Carlsbad, Calif. Put another way, over the past three weeks I...

DATE: Sep 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Pastor Tom's Tidbits