Author: Nancy Henjum
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GUEST COLUMN: People living in vehicles are a diverse group
Residents of Colorado Springs consistently rank homelessness as the most significant issue facing our City. Unfortunately, a recent editorial places blame, shifts responsibility, and supports a policy that will do nothing to meaningfully address the problem – and may make it worse. Let’s start with accurate information about our City. The Gazette’s editorial supporting a…
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GUEST COLUMN: Be a healthy skeptic in a time of distrust
Trust in American institutions is at an all-time low. Depending on where we stand, we don’t trust government, media, banks, schools, law enforcement, public health, election officials… It’s a long list. We trust our church, but we might not trust the one down the street. Healthy skepticism is necessary. Blind faith and thoughtless distrust are…