Author: Pius Kamau
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Hantavirus, Ebola and other pandemics yet to come | Pius Kamau
The first Colorado death from hantavirus since 2024 occurred in May 2026. It reminds us that we can never assume that viral, bacterial conditions only occur elsewhere, never in our or our neighbor’s homes. Because they will visit us when we least expect them it is imperative we are always on guard, prepared for what will be. …
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Elders offer untapped potential for the common good | Pius Kamau
At the ripe old age of 100, he says he’s not done yet. I admire anyone who still has more arrows in their quiver at such a mature age. The world is celebrating Sir David Attenborough’s birthday; like me, they think that as long as one has passion and strength to continue, age should never impede anyone from continuing to do great things with…
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Colorado campus visits restore hope for humanity | Pius Kamau
Once in a while, we visit a place or a time where and when we feel comforted. We are reminded that life does not have to be all chaos, all the time. On two consecutive days it was my good fortune to experience encounters with two groups of happy people, all of them meeting with a…
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Reform Colorado’s anti-prostitution laws | Pius Kamau
When, in February, a number of Colorado legislators proposed the repeal of the law that deems prostitution in Colorado a crime, I gave a silent hooray. I hoped Senator Nick Hinrichsen’s SB 26–097 erasing prostitution as a state offense would find enough support. Lacking support, I watched the attempted repeal dissolve. It would have made…
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Single-payer would give patients peace of mind | Pius Kamau
Most Americans do not think of their individual health care often, and if they do, they don’t seriously consider its financial cost. The cost of providing health care to us is borne by the health care system: physicians and the late comers to the dance: HMOs. It often seems to me that when many Americans get sick, they are thrown into a…
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Waiting for Godot in Aurora | Pius Kamau
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, outstanding members of our artistic aristocracy have been acting on Broadway’s presentation of Waiting for Godot since September 2025. Reports of their acting have been superlative, and “enormously affecting.” I am jealous of New Yorkers and the out-of-towners lucky enough to visit Broadway to see Beckett’s masterpiece. My opinion and feelings about the play go back to when…
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A retrospective during Women’s History Month | Pius Kamau
This week World Denver will celebrate Women’s History month with a conference and festivities as it has done in the past. Laura Chinchilla, the first woman president of Costa Rica, is the keynote speaker. March was designated National Women’s History month in the United States in 1987 by the US Congress in recognition of women’s…
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Shedding tears over NREL’s demise | Pius Kamau
Donald Trump’s attempts to unwind progress in environmental matters hasn’t met much resistance from scientific-minded Republicans. The former National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL, is now NLR – National Laboratory of the Rockies. Trump excised the RE bit claiming that climate change and its scientifically proved renewables solution is a Chinese hoax. Many conservatives know he is…
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A tribute to Denver Health’s good work | Pius Kamau
The latest Colorado health-care facilities ’construction news is that University of Colorado Health (UCH) and Advent Health, two nonprofit hospital systems plan to build hospitals adjacent to one another in Broomfield, an area with more hospital beds than in most of America. We absolutely don’t need more hospitals in this area and I wish the…
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Our leaders are a reflection of us | Pius Kamau
The ceaseless incoherent noise of American politics is filtered and diminished by Colorado’s altitude; it is also diluted by the winds blowing down from the Rockies. That has been my opinion, as I have watched what America has lived through this last decade from my mile high perch. Already in 2026’s first three weeks the…