The Biology of Sex Yes, folks, it’s March, and you know what that means- March Madness!! There’s nothing better than filling out your bracket each year with a vague sense of unfounded optimism only to watch the whole thing blow up in your face with each and every closely-contested buzzer-beater like the dynamite-filled birthday cake […]
The Literal Road to Nowhere
The Literal Road to Nowhere I’ve said this before, but y’all need to stop moving here. Like, seriously. As the fastest growing state for the better part of a decade that doesn’t allow legalized prostitution, our infrastructure was never intended to accommodate this many people. The I-70 corridor that links metro Denver to the ski […]
Where Will All the Teachers Go?
Where Will All the Teachers Go? Nobody ever teaches for the money; they teach in spite of the money. Trust me on this one. I have a B.A. from one of this country’s leading liberal arts colleges (thank you, Colgate University) along with an M.A. from the the University of Vermont, and in 20-plus years […]
An Unintended Polemic
An Unintended Polemic An old and dear friend of mine recently used the term “polemic” in describing my writings in TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less. I’m not suggesting he was wrong to do so; in fact, I do believe he is probably quite right in his ascription. But nonetheless, I must acknowledge that the […]
It’s Not What You Say but How You Say It
It’s Not What You Say But How You Say It Oscar Wilde once wrote, “The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim….They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are […]
C.R.T.- Critical Race Truthiness
C.R.T.- Critical Race Truthiness Well, there sure seems to be a lot of discussion about C.R.T. (or Critical Race Theory) these days, especially since most of the people tossing the term around so much appear to have absolutely no idea what it really means. C.R.T. has been the basis for a significant upheaval in school […]
Sometimes Affirmative Action Isn’t So Affirmative
Sometimes Affirmative Action Isn’t So Affirmative Raise your hand if you were caught by surprise when Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement a couple weeks back. Yeah, that’s what I thought. If you couldn’t see this coming, you must have Coke bottle lenses for glasses, yet somehow dropped them down a bottomless well […]
How Liberal is Liberal Enough?
How Liberal is Liberal Enough? Unfortunately, I do not have a subscription for HBO. Oh, I’ve been told countless times just what a mistake I am making by failing to do so, as I am informed of show after show that my friends and colleagues are convinced I would appreciate. But to be perfectly honest, […]
Sodomy at the Dinner Table
Sodomy at the Dinner Table In order to introduce this week’s topic for TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less, I have to acknowledge that the topic around my family dinner table the other night was sodomy. Now, you could see this in one of two ways. You could appreciate the fact that we still actually […]
Don’t Look Down….at Science
Don’t Look Down…at Science I’ve been thinking about doomsday quite a bit lately. I know that sounds dark, and well, to be perfectly blunt, it is. But maybe the destruction of our planet isn’t supposed to be light and fun. Or as Jennifer Lawrence’s character, Kate Dibiasky puts it in Don’t Look Up, “Maybe the […]