Frackin’ on heaven’s door A piece I wrote for High Country News, about coming to terms with the loss of a beloved prairie landscape to oil and gas development. How many people over th...
Genocidal GrandmasMiddle America is radicalizing. A look at the haters. From my Facebook blog. Comment threads on articles, once regarded as an unfortunate but ignorable infec...
I finally joined the smartphone clubAn editorial on a momentous event in my life, about ten years behind everyone else. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. I got a smartphone yesterday. I’m pretty...
I guess I'm half city mouse, half country mouseMoving to a sleepy town of 8,000 from Denver gave me a foot in two worlds. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. I spent last weekend in Denver. When folks in the...
Fighting the War on ChristmasConfronting the ludicrous allegations that liberals seek to destroy Christmas. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. The White House has not renamed its annual Ch...
Meeting ghosts on the prairieOn the mystery and heartbreak of traversing the Great Plains. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. The Great Plains, I have read, were once the bottom of a great...
Admit it, marijuana is addictiveLegal marijuana may keep people out of jail, but it comes at a cost. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. Marijuana is addictive, and only becoming moreso. To ad...
I have to add Alamosa to my list of 'Where were you' placesOn a little town from my past that had a hole blown in it by a mass shooting. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. I have to add Alamosa to my list of "Where wer...
Mass media consumers beware!Becoming a smarter news consumer means having a vocabulary for manipulative tactics. From the Alamosa Valley Courier. Mass media consumers beware! Be on the ...
Remembering the UnabomberA visit to the little town in Montana that Ted Kaczynski once called home. For my collective art and writing zine, Wolf Boy. To the world, he was the Unabomb...