Way back in the latter half of 2001, I had someone ask me this: “If you got on a plane…
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The One Chewing Gum and Smiling
A few years back, almost 30 now I guess, I was a firearms instructor and was at the range with…
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Past experience has shown that all of us have times in our life where we feel like we’re “close to…
Continue ReadingLife’s Path is Full of Surprises
In 1964, in the western hills of Maryland, a boy was born into a relatively poor family and was immediately…
Continue ReadingThe Social Media Bar Room
In today’s world, it’s near impossible to get through a day without feeling the impact of social media in some…
Continue ReadingAre Your Virtues Balanced?
Throughout our childhood we are taught what’s good and what’s bad, or at least we’re taught what our parents teach…
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Three teenagers attack an art teacher and beat her to the ground on video… A group of teenage girls trap…
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Resurrecting the United States
Author’s Note: This was originally written in June of 2007 – 15 years ago. It is still as applicable today…
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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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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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Knowledge + Experience = Wisdom
This past Sunday evening (as I write this) my wife and I enjoyed an evening at a friend’s house. We…
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Birthday Perspectives
A few months back my wife and I attended a social gathering of some friends and folks with common interests.…
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Life and Self-Perception
On one of my social media feeds, a man I’ve met only briefly but who I hold in high regard…
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Life is an Amusement Park Ride
I was just looking at what is probably one of my favorite photos from recent years: it’s a picture taken…
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Three Life Rules Worth Repeating
I know that we all have heard these three rules before, but it seems like every time they pop up…
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Sunday Evening Self Conversation
When I was in my teenage years, I remember my father, almost every night, sitting on his bed, just staring…
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What Do We Learn From Autumn and Trees?
The glory days of spring and summer have passed. The days are shorter, the nights are longer, the fires are…
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Eight Things to Quit
In any given December you can hear people talk about the bad habits they’re going to quit as part of…
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Be Your Own Author – Again
You know (literally, many of you know) I love to write. Even as a young boy in my preteen years…
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