Hugo’s population of 730 jumped by almost half on Friday — at least for a few hours — as hundreds of people descended on the Eastern Plains town hoping a single-dose inoculation would help put the pandemic in the rearview mirror. The Lincoln County Fairgrounds were covered in vehicle lines for hours, from diesel pickup […]
Brian Malone
Special to The Colorado Sun
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: I’m worried about what we’ll do after the election. Can we get along?
When Eddie Van Halen died recently, I did what many of men in their middle age did. I threw myself down a rabbit hole of YouTube videos, reliving the mastery and flamboyance that embodied Van Halen. Several YouTube videos later, I came across a highlights reel of a young Eddie Van Halen sitting in with […]
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Opinion: Here’s how getting stranded restored my faith in America this July Fourth
I want to tell you an American story I just experienced on this Fourth of July 2020. Yesterday I drove out to Mount Rushmore to cover the Trump rally and the fireworks extravaganza. It was a last-minute decision, but I decided I needed to go up and shoot the event as part of a film […]
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Opinion: We are ill. The STEM school shooting leaves us all with difficult work to do
I am a Colorado documentary filmmaker. Earlier this year, I was commissioned to help make a Rocky Mountain PBS film about the long-term health impacts of gun violence survivors. During production, I interviewed Tom Mauser. Tom’s son Daniel was one of the children shot and killed at Columbine High School. During our long interview, Tom […]