Pregnant in Texas: The Dangerous Truth About 99 Years
My wife and I are trying to start a family. That should feel like some of the best news of…
Author: scott
Climate Change Is Driving the West’s Wildfires and Drought. You Can See It in The Smoke Filled Sky.
Grand Junction is where I grew up. I lived in the Grand Valley for the better part of two decades…
The Transit Funding Gap: Why Highways Race Ahead While Transit Stalls in the Sunbelt
I watched I-35 clear a path in months. Six years after Austin approved light rail, we’re still waiting on track. That’s the transit funding gap up close, and it’s bigger than Texas.
The Safety Net Shouldn’t Have an On/Off Switch
A few years ago I read a comment that has never really left me. It went something like this: if…
Accountability After the Chaos: How the U.S. Restores the Rule of Law
I keep coming back to the same conclusion When the dust settles, the people who led us to where we…
What If America Actually Took Care of Us?
I’m not asking for a perfect country. I’m asking for a country that makes sense. A country where if you…
A System That Breaks Families
A photo went viral this month: a 5-year-old boy in a blue bunny hat, clutching a Spider-Man backpack, being taken…
Should I Fear My Government?
I’ve been thinking about this more than I want to admit. Not the writing itself, I know why I’m writing.…
The Files, the Deadline, and the Silence
I’m going to try to write this the way a real person would talk when they’re hurting, without turning it…
2 Shootings. One City. A Country That’s Supposed to Know Better.
I’ve been sitting with this for days, and it still doesn’t feel real.Two people are dead after encounters tied to…