Author: Greg Fulton
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Remember essential workers even as pandemic ebbs
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One of the positive things that did occur during the COVID pandemic was a long overdue appreciation and recognition of the many workers behind the scenes that make our country run everyday. During the pandemic truck drivers, grocery workers, delivery drivers, nurses, sanitation workers, warehouse and distribution employees, construction and others were heralded as essential…
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Mom touched, uplifted the lives of many
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Unconditional love. We often hear this phrase in today’s society but few of us have witnessed it and even fewer have practiced it. My mother epitomized this concept in the love she showed my brother and me as well as others. In my mother’s eyes my brother and I could do no wrong. We apparently…
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COLUMN: John Parvensky is Denver’s ‘Mr. Smith’
“And you know you fight for the lost causes harder than any others.” This is a famous line from an old film, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” spoken by Sen. Jeb Smith (played by Jimmy Stewart), a young and relatively naive new Senator from a western state. The phrase is part of a speech by…
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GUEST COLUMN: Next mayor must reimagine a great Denver
Next year will mark 40 years since Federico Peña launched his campaign for mayor with a catchy campaign slogan that inspired and captured the imagination of Denver voters. That catchphrase was “Imagine a Great City.” It was a bold vision to reshape the city with increased attention and investment in parks and parkways; revitalization of…
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COLUMN: Have we lost the ability to forgive?
Phil Mickelson, one of the most successful professional golfers in our generation, is the latest celebrity to have a fall from grace and be forced to make a public mea culpa. In his case it is associated with some quotes in an upcoming unauthorized biography from an interview with the book’s author last year. In…
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Lincoln helped heal a divided country
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Saturday is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, and it may be appropriate to reflect upon a speech by him during the darkest days of the Civil War where he sought to inspire hope and faith while also setting forward a vision of our country and its people united again. At the time of his speech our nation…
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GUEST COLUMN: Coworkers became strangers amid COVID
Remote work or telecommuting, where people work from their homes or some other off-site location rather than the office, is not new. It has been with us for many years in some form or another. With the onset of COVID and the associated shutdowns, social distancing, and limitations on group interaction, remote work has become…
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GUEST COLUMN: Daddy Bruce was a civic treasure
Thousands travel on Bruce Randolph Boulevard in northeast Denver every year with very few knowing or giving a thought as to who Bruce Randolph was and why he would merit having a major thoroughfare named after him. Bruce Randolph wasn’t a politician, military hero, sports figure, or famous pioneer. To family and friends and much…
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GUEST COLUMN: COVID fatigue is setting in
If anyone had told us that we would be combating COVID almost two years after its onset, no one would have believed them. Many of us remember the two-week shutdown of businesses and workplaces across the country in March 2020 to stop the spread of the virus. At that time, the impression was that once…
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GUEST COLUMN: COVID fatigue is setting in
If anyone had told us that we would be combating COVID almost two years after its onset, no one would have believed them. Many of us remember the two-week shutdown of businesses and workplaces across the country in March 2020 to stop the spread of the virus. At that time, the impression was that once…