Author: Eric Sondermann

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Those of vintage will recall “A Bridge Too Far,” “The Bridge at Remagen” and “The Bridge on the River Kwai.” Somewhat more recently, we have had “The Bridges of Madison County,” “Bridge of Spies,” “Girl…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Amidst the dismay and recrimination that currently occupy Democrats, an active discussion is taking place around a new theory of governance that has become known by a single word, “abundance.” True, this dialogue is mainly…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Excellent books abound. But it is a rarity to find one that almost perfectly captures the current moment. Upon recent reading, that was my reaction to Evan Osnos’ “Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury.” The title derives from a catastrophic California wildfire a few years…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A guy ought to be able to leave town, even the country, with the expectation that sanity will prevail, that the inmates will not be given the keys to the place and that he’ll return…

Dear readers: Meet Suhani, Mattison, Mickael, Tensae, Noah, Valeria and Teklemariam. These seven rockstars, all high school seniors, are among this year’s finalists for a coveted Daniels Scholarship. It was my privilege to be part of a panel that interviewed them a week ago. Amidst the chaos, conflict and cacophony of our times, depression can…

Somewhere, someplace, perhaps in a cave or faculty lounge or Boulder dinner party, a smattering of folks might assert that our federal government is right-sized or should grow still more expansive. Though for most of us occupying this plot of Planet Earth, the federal government is seen as a behemoth of staggering size and scope.…

A comparison of sorts can be made between Republicans in Colorado and Democrats on a national scale. Both are in political disrepair; both have suffered major damage to their brand; neither are trusted by vast numbers of voters with the keys to government. There will be time aplenty to dissect the daily, hourly excesses of…

It is sad. It is also all too indicative of our times. Being registered to vote in central Denver, my representative in the Colorado House is Rep. Steven Woodrow. While I might prefer someone of more moderate bearing, I am a realist and do not quibble with the fact that Woodrow represents the district’s left-leaning…

Kent Thiry, meet Douglas Bruce. The two would seem to have little in common. Thiry is as conspicuously cheery as Bruce is dour. Thiry is a social animal while Bruce is something of the oddball loner. Thiry has friends galore in high places while Bruce could have Thanksgiving dinner in a phone booth. Thiry mastered…

It all took place in the immediate aftermath of Thanksgiving, our national day of gratitude. First up was Black Friday, an orgy of shopping punctuated by the random mall brawl as consumers elbow each other aside, or worse, in search of the best discount on the latest must-have gadget. For a bit of good news,…