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“There are old pilots and bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots,” E. Hamilton Lee — 1949. Most pilots agree that this is good advice—especially those engaged in the more dangerous activities like fighter pilots and test pilots. But Mick Greene was not like most pilots. Far from it. In his new autography, […]
The Colorado House of Representatives is considering a bill to stop school bullying (House Bill 1254). In an effort by some legislators “to be proactive…so we don’t have a sensational suicide in [Colorado],†the core of the bill will: Create a committee to study the problem. Set up an agency to solicit funds for training […]
We all remember: Colorado was home to the Columbine High School shootings in 1999. But as Jessica Fender reports in the Denver Post, “More Consistent Anti-Bullying Program Urged for Colorado,†after 11 years “good intentions have devolved into an uncoordinated approach that ignores best practices in some instances and leaves state authorities with no clear […]
I received a truly bizarre email this morning, in fact so bizarre that I assumed it was some elegant Phishing scheme. However a little bit of Due Diligence revealed that the email was real. As of right now, anyone that is using Amazon as a revenue stream, in other words is part of the Amazon […]
State laws and school policies are necessary, but they’re not enough to stop school bullies. The third necessary ingredient is the responsible people who are paid to make schools safe. If teachers, psychologists and counselors, assistant principals, principals, district administrators and school board members don’t create effective school programs and don’t enforce the laws and […]
Well, here we are. Ten years to the day since that horrific day in Littleton, Colorado. A day that forever changed history in the world of Peer Abuse and bullying. It is a day that is hard to comprehend and a day that has left many to speculate. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris came to […]
In the space of five days, we honor Jackie Robinson’s finally breaking into the major leagues by having every baseball player wear his number and we also memorialize Eric Harris and Dylan Klebolt’s massacre at Columbine High School ten years ago. Looking at the similarities and differences between the three people is instructive. They faced […]
Whose fault was the killings at Columbine High School? And how can we help our children resist bullies, not become bullies themselves and thrive after horrible killings? Next week will be the tenth anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School. A recent book by Peter Langman, “Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School […]
Colorado residents who are affected by autism can receive assistance through several Home and Community Based Support (HCBS) Waivers. To qualify for waiver services, children and adults must meet financial, medical and program criteria. Applicant’s income must be less than $1,986.00 (300% of the Supplemental Security Income allowance) per month and must have countable resources […]
Ten atheism-promoting billboards will go up in Denver over the holidays and one in Colorado Springs; the message is simple: “Don’t believe in God? You are not alone” in white letters over background that shows a mostly-cloudy blue sky. These billboards are, reportedly being paid for by a Colorado atheist group but, since the billboards […]
On Tuesday, the 88th anniversary of women being granted the right to vote, Hillary Clinton was the living embodiment of the dream of electing a woman to the White House deferred as she pledged to support rival Barack Obama’s bid for the White House. On Thursday, the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I […]
Just how did Barack Obama (D-IL), a rather undistinguished IL state senator, get elected to the U.S. Senate, and without doing anything noteworthy in that august body, go on to capture his party’s nomination for president before even finishing out his first term in Congress? A combination of heartlessness and happenstance – and some say, […]
While pundits and bloggers debate Senator Obama’s speech, it was the AP dispatch by Charles Babington that caught my attention. Thank God for the Internet and resources like Blogger news network, I guess the time when you could depend on an AP dispatch to express dispassionate fact with little color untainted by a correspondents personal […]
Senator Obama’s acceptance speech this evening begins the very difficult task of transforming from a black candidate into the candidate who happens to be black, the blue collar working class democrats and independents who have yet to express support for the party nominee, are the same kind of folks who encourage their children to emulate Tiger woods’ […]
To the anguished cries of, “No!,†Hillary Clinton (D-NY) released her delegates before Wednesday afternoon’s roll call vote – deliberately timed to be well out of the prime-time spotlight.  When it was NY’s turn to announce its delegate tallies – by alphabetical order 32 other states and territories had already done so – Clinton herself […]
When Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) took the stage to deliver her remarks before the DNC, the enthusiasm of the crowd and the applause she got rivaled that of the iconic Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), who perhaps delivered his last address to convention delegates on Monday. Hillary gave one of the finest speeches of her political […]
By Cynthia Ruccia, Special to The Stiletto Blog It was with very mixed feelings I travelled to Denver yesterday. On my plane from Columbus, OH, were Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner – a woman who just might be one of the biggest figures on election night, if the results in Ohio are close – and the […]
In a brilliant move clearly aimed at appeasing the Christian Far Right, John McCain stunned the political world by announcing that Bigfoot will be his vice presidential choice. The surprise announcement brought unified praise from Bush/Cheney Republicans, Pavlovian evangelical extremists, and knuckle-dragging pundits in what is being dubbed a bold political stroke. Rush Limbaugh expressed […]
With Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) as Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) running mate, you have a two-senator ticket – all talk, no executive action; no “favorite son†advantage in a key swing state with a huge chunk of votes in the electoral college; and a man whom voters resoundingly rejected when he was running for the […]
 … But he’s going to make the media and punditocracy wait until he declares his choice via text message on Saturday, after which he plans a joint appearance with his running mate at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, IL, where he announced he would run for president. [Update: It’s Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), according […]
In what both Dem frontrunners are describing as a “symbolic tribute†to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s “historic campaign,†she and presumptive nominee Sen. Barack Obama jointly announced an agreement to formally place her name in nomination at the DNC convention:   Since June, Senators Obama and Clinton have been working together to ensure a Democratic victory […]
Insiders have been quietly saying for months, in fourth paragraphs, that Kansas Governor Sebelius is on Obama’s short list. But she is unknown to nearly everyone in the country. It seems entirely possible that Senator Obama is trotting out all kinds of men for public vetting, leading the media by the nose and misdirecting them so […]
Analyzing a spate of recent polls, political analyst Michael Barone finds that even with Obama’s whirlwind trip around the world and the MSM’s relentlessly favorable coverage of every breath he takes, every move he makes and every vow he breaks (second item), “the basic dynamics of the race haven’t changedâ€: [H]e doesn’t come close to […]
It was a story that held the headlines and spawned a thousand discussions. A little girl found murdered, a mother distraught, and the shadow of suspicion placed on the mourning parents. And to make things worse, it happened at Christmas time. Well, Patsy Ramsey is now dead of cancer, but even though it happened 12 […]
New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.†According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,†in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim. Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw […]
Since May 2007, Absolut Vodka has been running an ongoing ad campaign created by TBWA/Chiat/Day/New York, “In an Absolut World,†described by The New York Times as: [A] fanciful, even surreal, place where common sense prevails and just deserts are always on the menu. On Planet Absolut, for instance, men can get pregnant, the Curse […]
February 5, 2008 may go down in political history as the day Rush Limbaugh lost his grip on Republican voters – and the day Ann Coulter may have lost her grip altogether. Despite a concerted effort by the conservative chattering class to tar Sen. John McCain as a “liberal†or a “phony Republican,†and Fmr. […]
Barack Obama won more than half of the 22 Super Duper Tuesday states (12 to Hillary Clinton’s  8) – but Hillary’s wins came from such delegate-rich states as her adopted home state of NY, as well as CA, MA and NJ. Overall, 49 percent of voters supported Hillary, 46 percent supported Obama. Since none of […]
(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]
Early Results from the Maine Caucuses Show Romney ahead, Paul 2nd Seven Quotes from Ron Paul’s Denver Speech yesterday Paul to be Represented at WV GOP Convention Tuesday; WV GOP Paul Delegate Totals Is Ron Paul the Anti-McCain? UPDATE: SATURDAY, February 2, 2008 2:15 pm Mitt Romney took an early lead in presidential preference voting […]
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