I stepped off the sidewalk to make room for a man on a bicycle coming my way on the corner of 15th and Larimer in downtown Denver. The sight was the cause of much amusement.

As the cyclist approached, I could tell he was actually on the front seat...

There is an old Jewish parable: the parable of the fifth son. "A man has five sons. Four are at the table eating. But the fifth son is the one who is not at the table. The fifth son has gone wayward. Yet, his seat is still reserved for his...

Freedom is a gift. It is also an entitlement -- a universal right -- but mostly it is a gift.

Like any gift, one has to accept it, savor it and make it their own, or it becomes nothing but rubbish -- a meaningless ideal.

I went to the Denver Zoo recently to reflect.

Quite often, a change of scenery helps give me a fresh perspective. I was expecting that perhaps an elephant munching some hand-held roasted peanuts might renew my faith in humanity.

Instead, the insight I sought came, unexpectedly, from a...

Gov. John Hickenlooper's budget-balancing plan relies heavily on reducing funding to public schools. His cuts will result in the loss of over 3600 jobs; most of the eliminated positions will be school educators. I wonder like everyone else: what the heck is going on? Is this...

America's penal system needs a top-to-bottom overhaul -- and a movement of people ready to do something about it is taking shape nicely.

More than 2.3 million people are now behind bars in America -- either in federal or state prisons or local jails -- a larger proportion of the...

The good ole US of A is in dire straits. Not a bushel full of President Obamas or a harem full of Sarah Palins can get us out of this mess, only we can. The problem is we have become conformists.

While our nation is struggling, strippers...

Gov. John Hickenlooper has proposed $570 million in budgets cuts, hacking off $332 million from K-12 education and trimming only a paltry $10 million from prisons.

Before Colorado lawmakers close another school, we need to take a closer look at the sensible cuts that could come from prison and...