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Civilian Response To Active Shooters Situations
AUTHOR’S NOTE: I wrote this article about 15 years ago. It seems appropriate to republish given recent events. In July…
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Getting Hit Hard – And Not Staying Down
“It’s not how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and still keep moving forward.” Sylvester Stallone…
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The Value of Contact Sports
Throughout the course of my law enforcement career it has constantly caught my attention how many of my fellow officers…
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Teaching People To Be Helpless
Most recently I had a conversation with a gentleman who is a Marine, a veteran police psychologist and an avid…
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Fear & Defense
Not long ago I was on a long drive and as the miles passed, I began to ponder fear, our…
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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 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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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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Things to Remember
When you’re a child, everything you have to remember is about how to get through the day. Parents get you…
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Fully Leverage Every Day
I just enjoyed spending a weekend at my in-laws with my wife this past weekend (as this is written). We…
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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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