The Difference Between Criticism & Critique
Criticism:1. the act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything.2. the act of passing severe judgment; censure; faultfinding.3.
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The True Citizen Soldier
No, this article is not about National Guardsmen (or women). It’s not about any state or county run organization that
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What Makes a Man a Man?
MAN: an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman. A male having qualities considered typical of men
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An Ego-Free Legacy
I was involved recently in a conversation with a gentlemen who was trying to discover my motivations for being a
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Craving Morality?
I was reading a book today about the symbols and meanings of them within Free Masonry and it occurred to
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What Rules Apply & When?
This was first written in (roughly) 2008. Keep that in mind as you read it. I recently had two unique
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What Price Integrity
Just recently I found myself in the position of having been accused of being paid to say something nice about
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Defining You
As happens all too often in my household, my son asked me a question that forced me to carefully think
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Contemporary Movie Parallels
I remember, “back in the day,” hearing a fellow police officer make the observation that the things we see in
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Celebrate The Future
“God grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot change;courage to change the things I can;and wisdom to know
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Borelli’s Rules
Most of my friends know that I’m an NCIS fan. Before that I was a freak for Walker: Texas Ranger (the original; not
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From A Million Men to One
“Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.” – Martin Heidegger. When I saw this quote
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Taking It For Granted is Inevitable
Even having read just the title I suspect there are some people who disagree with the statement. “Taking ‘it’ for
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If I Made a Christmas Wish…
I’m sure I would be like everyone else and wish for world peace, right? But what if I was going
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The Worth of Your Values
Not long ago I was sitting in my favorite local cigar shop when (somehow) the conversation of prostitution came up.
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The Things We Know
A few days ago (as I type this) I attended a police expo and conference. There were a couple hundred
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An Angel with No Halo
As we approach the 20h Anniversary of the terrorist attacks on our country – those committed on September 11, 2001
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Life vs. The Classroom
Let me start out by saying that I have the utmost respect for teachers. And then I’ll qualify that statement
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What Has America Become?
I have avoided writing anything political for several years now even though my first two books were almost entirely based
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A Few Meaningful Quotes
This morning I felt like it might be a good idea to share a couple of quotes. They are quotes
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