Author: Douglas Sharp
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GUEST COLUMN: Emergency powers are not election powers
If you want to understand how democracies corrode, don’t start with tanks in the streets. Start with paperwork—drafted “orders,” pseudo-legal memos, and the reassuring claim that extraordinary power is merely a temporary necessity. That is why the Washington Post’s report today, February 26, is alarming: activists are circulating a draft executive order that would invoke…
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The Moral Limits of Wealth We tend to talk about wealth in economic terms—tax policy, markets, incentives—but rarely in moral ones. In an age that idolizes accumulation, posing moral limits threatens to expose something we’d rather not confront: unlimited wealth is incompatible with a healthy democracy, a stable society, and the dignity of others. The…
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The moral limits of extreme wealth
We tend to talk about wealth in economic terms—tax policy, markets, incentives—but rarely in moral ones. In an age that idolizes accumulation, posing moral limits threatens to expose something we’d rather not confront: unlimited wealth is incompatible with a healthy democracy, a stable society, and the dignity of others. The issue of wealth and morality…
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GUEST OPINION: Springs needs progressive theological voices
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs is a city of beauty and pride. Framed by the grandeur of Pikes Peak, it embodies community spirit, military service and the entrepreneurial drive of small businesses. But beneath this vibrant exterior lies…
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GUEST OPINION: Springs needs progressive theological voices
Colorado Springs is a city of beauty and pride. Framed by the grandeur of Pikes Peak, it embodies community spirit, military service and the entrepreneurial drive of small businesses. But beneath this vibrant exterior lies a civic imbalance: the dominance of conservative politics and evangelical Christianity has narrowed the moral conversation in our public square.…
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GUEST OPINION: Religious wake-up call, not a death knell
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Perhaps you’ve seen headlines summarizing the findings of the Pew 2025 Religious Landscape Study — some sounding the alarm, others expressing relief. But for those who care deeply about the role of religion in public…
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GUEST OPINION: Religious wake-up call, not a death knell
Perhaps you’ve seen headlines summarizing the findings of the Pew 2025 Religious Landscape Study — some sounding the alarm, others expressing relief. But for those who care deeply about the role of religion in public life, this report is neither cause for panic nor comfort. It is a data-driven portrait of a nation in spiritual…
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GUEST OPINION: A call to Democrats to become conservatives
In a moment of historic political turbulence, we find ourselves as a nation grappling with the dismantling of democratic norms and institutions under a second Trump administration. If the Republicans, America’s traditional conservative party, have abandoned their role as defenders of stable institutions, it is now up to Democrats — ironically, the party of change…
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GUEST OPINION: Donald Trump and the Dunning-Kruger Effect
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a cognitive bias where individuals with limited knowledge or competence in an area overestimate their understanding or abilities. It arises when their lack of expertise impairs their ability to recognize their deficiencies, leading to inflated self-assessments. Recently, during a hearing before a U.S. Senate committee, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem…
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GUEST OPINION: Complicated relationship between patriotism and morality
When I was growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, all public school students in Colorado were required to start each school day by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. No one was exempt. Most of us going through public schools at the time didn’t really give it a second thought; we stood up, placed our…