Mature Content, Author at The Sopris Sun

Revolutionary changes

by Ron Kokish and Mature Content May 20, 2026May 20, 2026

My granddaughter Sara interviewed me for a college assignment. She wanted to know about the revolutionary changes I’ve experienced in my eight and a half decades on earth, things like computers and Artificial Intelligence (AI). At 18, Sara sees change as pretty sudden. At 85, I see it as more gradual, an “evolution” rather than […]

Opinion

Mature Content: The smallest deed

by Mature Content April 17, 2024April 17, 2024

By Niki DelsonAge-Friendly Carbondale Editor’s note: Age-Friendly Carbondale will present an analysis of its community survey regarding Highway 133 to Carbondale’s Bike, Pedestrian and Trails Commission on May 6 at 6pm. It was a beautiful afternoon. The offshore weather was mild. I had a few hours for a late afternoon bike ride before the Pacific […]

Opinion

Mature Content: Save the clowns

by Mature Content November 28, 2023November 28, 2023

Opinion by Ron Kokish Adolph Hitler was interviewed on the radio. “I’m going to kill 6 million Jews and 5 clowns”, he announced. “Why Clowns?” the interviewer asked. “See,” Hitler replied, “Nobody cares about Jews.” Lately, I’ve been feeling that Hitler had a point. Racism is treating a racial, cultural or ethnic group differently than […]

Columns, Opinion, Uncategorized

Mature Content: On the MAP

by Mature Content October 18, 2023November 28, 2023

By Ron Kokish We got our first family car, a blue Nash Statesman, early in 1948. It was a luxury we mostly used on weekends. On Sunday evenings, my father parked it in front of our Manhattan apartment building, where it stayed the week. After school, I often played stickball on the street where the […]

Columns, Opinion, Uncategorized

Mature Content: Sex in the library

by Mature Content September 20, 2023November 28, 2023

By Ron Kokish Editor’s note: This column contains references to sex and pornography. Like most children, I asked my mother how babies were made. She told me a doctor cuts a small piece of flesh from the mommy’s thigh and places it in a jar filled with a special liquid, wherein the flesh grows into […]

Columns, Opinion, Uncategorized

Mature Content: Reflecting on immigration, looking ahead and behind

by Mature Content August 23, 2023November 28, 2023

By Sue Zislis Dad’s parents spoke only Yiddish to each other and their children. They listened to us speaking English, smiled, and nodded, but I’m not sure they understood much. Grandmom and Grandpop came to this country from Odessa, about 100 years ago. They kept to themselves and felt safe doing business only with folks […]

Columns, Opinion, Uncategorized

Mature Content: Fear and prejudice

by Mature Content July 19, 2023November 28, 2023

By Ron Kokish From almost the moment it began, I’ve been fascinated by the fear I experienced at Two Rivers Unitarian-Universalist (TRUU) Services last Sunday. I was born Jewish and am an active member of the Aspen Jewish Congregation, but I’m a TRUU member as well. My DNA is literally, 100% Jewish. There’s so much […]

Columns, Opinion, Uncategorized

Mature Content: Paths of glory?

by Mature Content June 14, 2023November 28, 2023

By Ron Kokish Memorial Day 2023 is history, July 4th is near, and I’ve been thinking about heroes, fallen soldiers, and how I became a conscientious objector. My Jewish parents fled from Nazi Austria to America in 1938. I was raised on stories about what and who they lost and on propaganda about heroic victories […]