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Sub-Prime Time

September 25, 2023 Like 0 Steve Nelson

Sub-Prime time. Like mortgages of the same description, the University of Colorado is paying a high price for a few moments in the spotlight. I’m not gloating because the Buffs were blown out of the water by the Oregon Ducks. …

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A Different View of 9/11

September 18, 2023 Like 0 Steve Nelson

9/11 changed this country profoundly. Not for the better. As another anniversary passed with the usual – and appropriate – grieving and remembrances, my thoughts went back to that day and its aftermath. I stood on the plaza as Calhoun…

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Theater Kids Rule!

September 10, 2023 Like 0 Steve Nelson

A recent New York Times piece cited the perhaps surprising frequency with which so-called “theater kids” occupy lead roles in a surprising range of vocations and avocations. As the article notes, the skills and collaboration developed in theater are superb…

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Hate Kills

August 22, 2023 Like 0 Steve Nelson

Early this month Robert Bowers, who slaughtered 11 people and wounded six more at Pittsburg’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, was sentenced to death by a federal jury. Last week, Laura Ann Carleton, a California shop owner and…

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School Days

August 18, 2023 1 0 Steve Nelson

Wednesday was the first day of the new school year for our 3rd-grade grandson. Our 7th-grade granddaughter began a day later. The first day of school is magical, although I’ve yet to adjust to a pre-Labor Day start. Squinting from…

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Don’t Worry, Be Silly

August 13, 2023 Like 0 Steve Nelson

I recall a glorious Vermont October day, many years ago, the blue sky thick enough to stir with a spoon. My wife Wendy and I were strolling down a remote dirt road with our daughter Jen and granddaughter Quinn. The…

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GOP Frogs in Boiling Water

August 3, 2023 Like 0 Steve Nelson

Every person in America should read the entire 45 page indictment of Donald Trump that was unveiled this week. It is remarkably thorough and damning. Of course unrepentant Trump loyalists will neither read nor believe the allegations and the supportive…

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Tyranny of Talent

July 30, 2023 Like 0 Steve Nelson

“I was no f***ing prodigy!” This surprising declaration was seethed by pianist Ruth Slenczynska in response to the innocent query, “What was it like to be a child prodigy?” This incident was more than 30 years ago at a master…

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Supreme Destruction

July 2, 2023 Like 0 Steve Nelson

It has been a mighty bad week for justice in America. The SCOTUS rulings in the affirmative action case (Students for Fair Admissions v. Black People) and the website design case (Religious Bigot v. Gay Folks) managed to unravel a generation…

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Griddy Dancing

June 30, 2023 Like 0 Steve Nelson

Yesterday, my 8 year-old grandson said, seemingly out of nowhere, “Rules are made to be broken, laws are made to be followed.” I’m not sure all rules are made to be broken or that all laws must be followed, but…