John A. Heldt

When I was a resident of the Treasure State, I knew all about one of its most tragic chapters. One cannot live within a stone's throw of...

To be sure, Washington, D.C. has changed in the last 35 years. Construction fences and security barriers surround everything from the Whit...

I am what you might call an American homebody. Though I have visited forty-seven states and plan to visit the remaining three -- Alaska, Haw...

The best summer of my life began on a winter day. Like countless other Oregon college students in 1983, I spent much of that winter looking ...

The steady sea breeze was as brisk as I thought it would be. The scents of the blooming trees and flowers were just as enticing. And though ...

Since getting the bright idea a few months ago to convert my Kindle collection to print, I have made steady progress toward doing just that....

At least once a year, I am asked, usually by someone who suspects I'm a time traveler, which era I would most like to visit if I could. ...

The first thing you need to know about Boulder, Colorado, is that it is prettier in person. From the University of Colorado to the quaint re...

It is a question every writer faces at some point: Should I dazzle or communicate? Or, put another way, should I try to craft the perfect se...

As I have written at least a few times, I don't watch much television. Aside from news, sports, and an occasional movie, I simply don...