OPINION: Turning back time by turning a page to the summer of 1921
Rummaging through a junk-filled closet on the second floor, I came across an enormous bound volume of newspapers from the…
Opinion: Musing on the past and living in the present
What do we want from life? Growing up, I saw life as a voyage through everything I could think of,…
Opinion: A different kind of weed conversation for Colorado Springs
A couple years back, I was sitting on my porch as I am wont to do in the warmer months,…
Is this the time to move the big public Fourth of July event to Ford Amphitheater?
At a time when we desperately need to commemorate our nation’s birth and independence from a monarch, Colorado Springs residents…
Dear Mrs. Hughes June 13
Dear Readers, I have been asked to write an opinion piece about my reaction to the terrorist attack in Boulder…
OPINION: The case for a Colorado Springs Hall of Fame
This opinion piece reflects the views of John Hazlehurst only and are not endorsed by the Pikes Peak Bulletin. Halls…
Where home is and has been is the story of a life
This opinion piece reflects the views of John Hazlehurst only and are not endorsed by the Pikes Peak Bulletin. Do…
OPINION: I can’t sing Kumbaya while we march toward tyranny
This opinion piece is in response to “Pikes Peak Bulletin needs opinion piece policy to avoid shutting voices out” by…
OPINION: Letters from the past reveal people just like us
This opinion piece reflects the views of John Hazlehurst only and are not endorsed by the Pikes Peak Bulletin. Decades…
Pam Zubeck has a few questions: How about raising taxes on visitors instead of residents?
The other day, a link popped into my text messages from Research-Polls, saying it was “conducting a study on local…
I don’t want my art collection to be buried when I am
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Pikes Peak Bulletin needs opinion piece policy to avoid shutting voices out
This opinion piece was written in response to “A reader calls us out and we consider his point,” in the…
Je ne regrette rien
This opinion piece reflects the views of John Hazlehurst only and are not endorsed by the Pikes Peak Bulletin. As…
Opinion: Talking with my friend Yemi about the nightclub raid and his values
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade and I have been friends since he helped open The Wild Goose Meeting House. When…
Colorado Springs should vote ‘no’ on Karman Line
Voters in Colorado Springs will soon receive ballots by mail for the June 17 special election. It presents a single…
Make love(ly memories on a boat), not war
The future is unknowable, the present changes from minute to minute, but ah the past!! Shapeshifting, constantly receding and sometimes…
OPINION: The Mayflower and the coffin maker
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Three principles of real change
“I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but…
Trump, Macbeth and assorted villains
This opinion piece reflects the views of John Hazlehurst only and are not endorsed by the Pikes Peak Bulletin. Let’s…
Resist the impulse to respond with shame and threat
Here’s the thing about fascism. It can be contagious. Regardless of your opinion of our president, you can’t doubt that…