A lot of you won’t believe this but I do try to be delicate when I select a topic for the Viewpoint each week. When I take a stand on most topics, es...

I'm a big fan of limited government. For the most part I find that when I have to deal with government it is slow, cumbersome, and inefficient. ...

Unless something dramatically changes, for the first time in at least ten years there will be no Greenhorn Valley Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament....

According to an organization entitled “College Board”, the average in-state college tuition in the United States in the 2014-15 school year was $9,139...

An estimated 16,000 people took part in the Pueblo West Wet N’ Wild Independence Day Parade. Unfortunately because of the actions of a few the P...

Since the year 1900 there have been nearly 100 documented predictions of the demise of the planet. One of the most recent was released on June 28 in ...

I hate walking into a public restroom and seeing anybody in any state of dress or undress. Lock the door! And the ante has been upped. Ever since...

In 2016 I submitted a few letters describing my thoughts on a crazy election-year, but I was always under the impression – in our democracy – that the...

I don’t remember all that much about my first firecracker. It was a Black Cat and I found it someplace. I don’t remember where. Our family didn’t...

I just got a call from my good friend Heather at my dealer processing department. She said the warranty on my car was just about to run out and i...

Any of you who have read my Viewpoint for very long know that the idea that eggs were bad for you never got any traction with me. Now the “i...

Clothes shopping can be interesting and, for some, fraught with danger. Although clothes shopping is never on my list of things I really want to do, ...

Tears came to my eyes several times during the Memorial Day Observance at the Colorado City Cemetery on Monday morning. I don’t know how many Mem...

I’m pretty sure a thong bikini bottom on anyone doesn’t look good. I base my statement on the research my wife and I did on our recent trip to Mexi...

The average income in Mexico is about 250,000 pesos a year. Before you put your house on the market and prepare to move for a career in Mexico that ...

My wife and I took a five day vacation which involved flying last week. I’ll tell you more about the trip in the next few weeks, but things have sure...

It’s one of those things that can happen to the best of us, and eventually it happens to all of us. Kim Stallberg, who mans the desk closest to the...

Since we purchased the newspaper on August 1, 2009, we have never submitted work or attended the annual Colorado Press Association Meeting. There w...

The Internal Revenue Service and the Census Bureau released a report late last week that projects the per capita amount of federal taxes that will be ...

Time is running out to answer one of the eternal annual questions. How many Easter eggs should we have for each grandchild to color? I can almost ...

“No matter where you are, you are probably with someone you wish was someplace else.” So commented Ada Clark when I sat down and visited with her i...

You may have noticed this item in the Around Pueblo County column on page ____. “A former Marine accused of leaving pipe bombs in the safe of a D...

Sir Elton Hercules John will turn 70 years old on March 25. He was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Pinner, United Kingdom. On March 16, last Thurs...

It’s been a long time since I’ve played cards. I think the last time I did I taught my wife, my daughter, my son-in-law and his parents how to play...

I’m excited. In the March/April 2017, “Eating Well” magazine there was an article on page 20 about new research verifying something I’ve always bel...

If you are a subscriber to the Greenhorn Valley View you get an opportunity to share what you like and dislike about the newspaper on your re...

I saw some research by the Pew Group reported in a chart in the Pueblo Chieftain. The heading on the graph showed the percent of the public ...

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine’s Day. The romantic concept of Valentine’s Day didn’t show up until the 15th century. Before that it was...

In the United States, 20 babies are born every minute. That’s nearly 30,000 new human beings having the same birthday. In the world it is estimate...

Tuesday morning I went out to the mailbox in front of the office and removed a sealed envelope that had Greenhorn Valley View written on the out...

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