u.s. air force academy
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BIDLACK | Senate rightly ponders the politics of presidential picks
Way back in the last century, I was a young captain fresh into an assignment teaching political science at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. It was a great assignment to be sure – smart students, wonderful colleagues, and a few perks. Among these perks was the opportunity to attend a conference every…
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BIDLACK: Who loves a parade? Not the military
In 1984 I was in a military parade. Well, not exactly. I was in the military and I was in a parade, up in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Our Olympic Arena team had won several trophies for excellence at the missile operations competition (think Red Flag for missiles), and the nice folks running Cheyenne Frontier Days that…
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Q&A with Jeff Hays: Colorado’s top Republican lives by, ‘Good, better, best. Never let it rest’
A Texan by birth, a Coloradan by choice and a Republican for life. That’s not so much a part of Jeff Hays’s resume as it is a strand of his DNA. OK, maybe we’re not qualified to analyze Hays’s DNA, but Hays himself is: It turns out the state chair of the Colorado Republican Party…
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Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns previews Vietnam series at Air Force Academy
Filmmaker Ken Burns thinks his new 10-part documentary on the Vietnam War could spark a public discussion of the issues dividing Americans in 2017. Burns, who gave Air Force Academy cadets a sneak-peek at the documentary Thursday night, pointed to how his 1990 documentary “The Civil War” drove a discussion ahead of the 1991 Persian…
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Bill forging better military-community ties en route to guv’s desk
Gov. John Hickenlooper soon could ink legislation to help combine overlapping services – like schools, restaurants, parks and shops- that are provided at military bases and by the local communities that host them. House Bill 1054, which was OK’d unanimously by the state Senate, was touted today in a press release by the Senate Democrats as “creating a closer…
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Hickenlooper signs bill creating national cybersecurity center in Colorado Springs
Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation on the steps of the El Pomar Center Friday at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. At a bill signing ceremony crowded with state legislators and other high-ranking officials, he jotted his signature to an act establishing Colorado’s formal push to become a national leader in cybersecurity. House Bill 16-1453…