This week in Colorado, our statewide stay-at-home order was extended until April 26. Gov. Jared Polis urged everyone to wear a mask of any kind while outdoors. Local groceries are limiting customers to one every 120 square feet of the store. For the first time, my neighborhood playground on ...

Your representatives in Washington have decided to spend an extra 2.2 trillion dollars of your money. Since many millions of people are pretty much forced to stay home and businesses shuttered, some portion of it actually makes sense. If you are going to take people’s money, at least provide ...

When Detroit State Rep. Karen Whitsett and her husband began feeling ill on March 17, alarm bells went off. The United States, after all, was far enough into the pandemic when just a sneeze was enough to scare the most stoic American. But the representative’s symptoms were much more than ...

When all of this craziness is over, remember how things used to be. I will never take for granted the fact that I can give someone a hug or greet them with a handshake. I will never take for granted a kiss from a family member who does not live with me. I will never take for granted going to ...

I recently mused on sexual selection as pertaining to birds. Going from Charles Darwin to the most contemporary studies, all research seemed to contradict the earlier theory that males sprouted bright feathers and sang gorgeous songs to win the female birds. Now, the thinking goes, it’s ...

Last week, the VFTB presented an idea that a local NFL team fan club threw around their meeting room, almost like tossing spaghetti at a wall to see if it would stick. It was an idea about having a dinner which would include two former players, and one current player, from the Cleveland ...