By: Paul Bentz The end of 2011 marks the completion of my tenth year at HighGround. Starting out in 2002, I was just a young lad looking for guidance along the way and hoping to make a difference. Honestly, I had no idea what I was doing – I’m sure there are a few people…
DetailsWe are proud to announce the launch of our HighGround YouTube channel. Click here to check it out. We will be sharing some of our present and past work including bringing back some old favorites. Earlier last month, Chuck talked about honoring Mayor Phil Gordon for all of his hard work. One of the topics…
DetailsCactus League stories sought By: Robert Johnson It may be December but spring-training tickets for games next March go on sale just in time for your favorite baseball fan this Christmas. And while I always enjoy watching a game in the warm spring sun, what I really want this year is information about the people,…
DetailsDavid Brooks is writing an amazing series right now called “The Life Reports.” He has asked his readers over the age of 70 to give their perspective on evaluating their own lives. In part one, he covered some very interesting personal stories. In part two from earlier this week, he did some analysis and broke…
DetailsBy J. Charles Coughlin Microsoft Office for Mac Home & Student After taking a week off to watch my resurgent Michigan Wolverines beat the Cornhuskers and the Buckeyes, I returned to read yesterday’s Sunday edition of the Arizona Republic. Since the last election cycle closed with lopsided Republican victories, I have watched and read as…
DetailsBy: J. Charles Coughlin When will Arizona learn how to honor its leaders? When will we not, in a gathering of community leaders, focus on what is wrong with Arizona, but on what is right? We all certainly have our differences, but as our mothers taught us: “if you don’t have anything nice to say…”…
DetailsAs Democrats continue to overstate the meaning behind the successful recall of Senator Russell Pearce and the mouth breathing continues over the ouster of IRC Chairman Mathis, NY Times Columnist David Brooks sheds some badly needed light on our own internal blind spots. His column, as usual, is a great read with terrific insights: internet…
DetailsA common motto of the world scouting movement is “to leave this world a little better than you found it.” Robert Brinton, President and CEO of the Mesa Convention and Visitors Bureau passed from us this past Friday, October 21. Robert left Arizona a better place for us all and we are all better to…
DetailsFollowing up on our post earlier this week on addressing the underlying frustration of the occupy movement, we see a worthy start on Wall Street reform from Presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. It is a much improved approach over the dismissive “jealous” comment from Herman Cain. Huntsman poses some interesting ideas…
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