Writings

A LIST OF WRITINGS

I have published professional articles on leadership, adventure articles on mountain climbing, academic articles on topics such as the difference between taxes and fees, and won a poetry prize for a poem entitled The Choice of Two.

A list of my writings is below, if you are interested.

WRITINGS IN PROGRESS
(if you are interested in reviewing these for publication, please let me know)

John H. Ridge, The Philosopher and Me: On Happiness, a dialogue on happiness.

ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL WRITINGS

Suzan Kobashigawa and John Hiski Ridge, I’ve Graduated, But No Job Yet: Turning This Pause Into a Power Move, The Teacher Advocate by KDP, https://www.kdp.org/blogs/kevin-wong/2025/08/22/ive-graduated-but-no-job-yet-turning-this-pause-in (September 2025).

John Hiski Ridge and Suzan Kobashigawa, The Silent Leader, Colorado Lawyer (June 2024).

John Hiski Ridge and John Broadbent, The Time Is Now: A Conversation on Disabilities and Change, Colorado Lawyer (January 2022).

John H. Ridge and Suzan Kobashigawa, Promoting an Inclusive Workplace by Holding Space, Colorado Lawyer (November 2021).

John H. Ridge and Suzan Kobashigawa, The Job Market Has Declined – What Now?, Colorado Lawyer (October 2020).

John H. Ridge, Managing Relational Space in a Diverse Workplace, Colorado Lawyer (October 2019).

John H. Ridge, Fees or Taxes: Rethinking the Bidart Test as Applied to Telecommunication Right-of-Way Charges, Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives (September 2009).

John Hiski Ridge, A Philosophical Analysis of the Fundamental Law of Marriage in American Jurisprudence. Thesis for the degree of PhD, 2004, Boston College. Advisers: Thomas Kohler and Arthur Madigan. Publicly Available.

John Hiski Ridge, Dionysus or Apollo: Observations on the Need for a Redefined Pentecostal Epistemology, Kirkland, WA: Proceedings of the 29^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, 2000.

John Hiski Ridge, Deconstructing the Clean Air Act: Examining the Controversy Surrounding Massachusetts’s Adoption of the California Low Emission Vehicle Program, 22 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 163 (1994).

WRITINGS ABOUT WRITING

John Hiski Ridge, Simplifying Our Writing: Using Active Voice,  Colorado Lawyer, reprinted (December 2023).

John H. Ridge, Simplifying Our Writing: Using Active Voice,  publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, October 2023 edition.

John H. Ridge, Simplifying Our Writing: Choosing Common Words,  Colorado Lawyer, reprinted (September 2023).

John H. Ridge, Simplifying Our Writing: Choosing Common Words,  publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, June 2023 edition.

John Hiski Ridge, Top 10 Writing Tips from Our Top Writers,  Colorado  Lawyer, reprinted (April 2023).

John H. Ridge, Top 10 Writing Tips from Our Top Writers,  publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, February 2023 edition.

John H. Ridge, Parentheses, Brackets, and Braces,  publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, October 2022 edition.

John Hiski Ridge and Suzan Kobashigawa, Editing Other Lawyers’ Work: The Six Stages of Effective Editing, Colorado Lawyer (July 2022).

John H. Ridge, Developing Effective Editing Skills, Part 3,  publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, October 2021 edition.

John H. Ridge, Developing Effective Editing Skills, Part 2,  publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, June 2021 edition.

John H. Ridge, Developing Effective Editing Skills, Part 1,  publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, February 2021 edition.

John H. Ridge, Spot the Errors: A Writing Analysis, Part 3, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, October 2020 edition.

John H. Ridge, Spot the Errors: A Writing Analysis, Part 2, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, June 2020 edition.

John H. Ridge, Spot the Errors: A Writing Analysis, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, February 2020 edition.

John H. Ridge, A Grammar Q & A: Part 3, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, October 2019 edition.

John H. Ridge, A Grammar Q & A: Part 2, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, June 2019 edition.

John H. Ridge, A Grammar Q & A: Part 1, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, February 2019 edition.

John H. Ridge, Writing for Your Audience, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, October 2018 edition.

John H. Ridge, Common Writing Rules I Commonly Forget, Part Three, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, June 2018 edition.

John H. Ridge, Common Writing Rules I Commonly Forget, Part Two, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, February 2018 edition.

John H. Ridge, Common Writing Rules I Commonly Forget, Part 1, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, October 2017 edition.

John H. Ridge, Civility in Writing, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, June 2017 edition.

John H. Ridge, Five Punctuation Mistakes We Commonly Make, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, February 2017 edition.

John H. Ridge, Write to Write, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, October 2016 edition.

John H. Ridge, Read to Write, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, June 2016 edition.

John H. Ridge, Confusing Word Pairs, Part Deux, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, February 2016 edition.

John H. Ridge, Unraveling Some Confusing Word Pairs, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, October 2015 edition.

John H. Ridge, Towards an Understanding of Verb Tenses, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, June 2015 edition.

John H. Ridge, Helping Your Verbs Find Their Voice, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, February 2015 edition.

John H. Ridge, Writing With Integrity, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, October 2014 edition.

John H. Ridge, That Wonderfully Difficult Subjunctive Mood, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, June 2014 edition.

John H. Ridge, The Versatile and Emphatic Em Dash, publication in writing series of The Wyoming Lawyer, February 2014 edition.

FICTION

John Hiski Ridge, Hiski’s Rocker, Colorado Lawyer (March 2024).

John Hiski Ridge, Athen’s Sin Against Philosophy, Colorado Lawyer (March 2023).

FRIENDS OF THE BAR SERIES

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: December 2021 edition featured Robert R. Rose, III.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: October 2021 edition featured Christopher Hawks.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: August 2021 edition featured Austin Huff.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: June 2021 edition featured Denise M Freeman.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: April 2021 edition featured Brad McKim.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: February 2021 edition featured Ashli Tomisich.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: December 2020 edition featured Kristen Reeves Jones.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: October 2020 edition featured Teresa Thybo.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: August 2020  edition featured Sarah Chavez.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: June 2020  edition featured Harvey Gelb.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: April 2020  edition featured Brad Bonner.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: February 2020  edition featured Debora Person.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: December 2019 edition featured Brooke M. Barney.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: October 2019 edition featured Bailey K. Schreiber.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: June 2019 edition featured John Knepper.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: April 2019 edition featured Scott Ortiz.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: February 2019 edition featured Alessandra McCoy Fakelman.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: December 2018 edition featured Richard Mulligan.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: October 2018 edition featured Lauren McLane.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: August 2018 edition featured Melissa Mulligan Owens.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: June 2018 edition featured Christopher M. Brennan.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: February 2018 edition featured Maryt Fredrickson.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: December 2017 edition featured David Singleton.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: October 2017 edition featured Ryan Jardine.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: August 2017 edition featured Tyler Renner.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: June 2017 edition featured Jacquelyn Bridgeman.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: April 2017 edition featured Ashley Guritza.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: February 2017 edition featured Anna Reeves Olson.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: December 2016 edition featured Jesse K. Fishman.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: October 2016 edition featured Benjamin J. Rowland.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: August 2016 edition featured Blake A. Klinkner.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: June 2016 edition featured Jason Johnson.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: April 2016 edition featured Amberley Goodchild Baker.

John H. Ridge, Friends of the Bar, a series published in The Wyoming Lawyer: February 2016 edition featured J. Mark Stewart.

ADVENTURE WRITINGS

John H. Ridge, Walking on Old-Man Legs, Adventures NW (Fall 2009).

John H. Ridge, It Only Took Me Four Years to Summit the Grand, http://www.Climbing.com, Above & Beyond section (September 2008).

LINKEDIN ARTICLES

John H. Ridge, Genetically Diverse Employees: On Educating Leaders, Published on Linkedin on December 16, 2018.

John H. Ridge, Eliminating a Sense of Otherness in Genetically Diverse Employees, Published on Linkedin on November 3, 2018.

John H. Ridge, Teaching Job Skills to Genetically Diverse Students through Job Shadowing, Published on Linkedin on July 22, 2018.

John H. Ridge, The New Discrimination (It’s Just the Old Discrimination), Published on Linkedin on January 30, 2018.

John H. Ridge, Establishing Internships and Fellowships for Genetically Diverse Students, Published on Linkedin on January 24, 2018.

POETRY

John H. Ridge, Choice of Two, Second Place Prize, Washington State Creative Composition Contest, 1982. 

ARTICLES EDITED

Heidi Metroz, When Rights Collide: Weighing an Animal Victim’s Rights Against a Criminal Client’s Rights in Animal Cruelty Cases, Colorado Lawyer (April 2025). Coordinating Editor – John Ridge.

Tony Arias, AI and the Future of Legal Aid: Ensuring Justice for All, Colorado Lawyer (March 2025). Coordinating Editor – John Ridge.

Colin E. Moriarty, Winning the Race Against Artificial Intelligence, Colorado Lawyer (January/February 2025). Coordinating Editor – John Ridge.

Chuong M. Lee, Is the Billable Hour Mandate Holding Us Back, Colorado Lawyer (June 2024). Coordinating Editor – John Ridge

John K. Crisham, Is Modern Standing Doctrine Just Calvinball?, Colorado Lawyer, January/February 2024). Coordinating Editor – John Ridge.

Gabrial Kalousek, Introducing the Colorado Disability Bar Association, Colorado Lawyer (September 2023). Coordinating Editor – John Ridge.

Tim Shannon, The State of the NCAA’s Name, Image, and Likeness Rules in Colorado, Colorado Lawyer (July/August 2023). Coordinating Editor – John Ridge.

Martine Wells, Airina Rodrigues, Kayla Dreyer, Colorado’s Non-Compete Statute Q&A, Colorado Lawyer (March 2023). Coordinating Editor – John Hiski Ridge.

Julie Stermasi, Bar None, Colorado Lawyer (December 2022). Coordinating Editor – John Ridge.

Casey Frank, Doing Away with Dogmatic Medical Directives, Colorado Lawyer (May 2022). Coordinating Editor – John Ridge.

Marilyn S. Chappell, Think Before You Send, Colorado Lawyer (February 2022). Coordinating Editor – John Ridge.

Sara Scott, Know Their Names, Colorado Lawyer (November 2021). Coordinating Editor – John Ridge.

Larry R. Daves, Reconciling Our Past: Longstanding Policy of Indian Child Separation Calls for Reparations for Native Americans, Colorado Lawyer (October 2021). Coordinating Editor – John Ridge.

Murray I. Weiner, It’s Time to Put a “Governor” Back in Our Discourse, Colorado Lawyer (March 2021). Coordinating Editor – John Hiski Ridge.

OTHER AUTHOR’S WRITINGS ON WHICH I ASSISTED

Betram E. Snyder and Susan F. Drogin, The Appeals Court, The “Trade or Commerce” Clause in Chapter 93A, Boston Bar Journal (January/February 1995).

Wesley S. Chused and Lisa Sternchuss, Insurance Law: Refining the Insurer’s Duty to Settle Claims, Boston Bar Journal (January/February 1995).

Robert C. Barber, Americo Lopes v. City of Peabody: The SJC Interprets and Applies the Lucas Decision, Boston Bar Journal (January/February 1995).

Paul R. Tremblay, The Role of Casuistry in Legal Ethics: A Tentative Inquiry, Clinical Law Review (Fall 1994).