Act Your Age
Fair warning: This is going to be a short rant about assumptions people make pertaining to age. Just recently I
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Our Warrior Culture
Author’s Note: Republished almost 16 years after I originally wrote it. Still just as applicable today as it was then.
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Reliance and Self-Reliance
This entry is a combination of an updated version of two blogs I wrote about 15 years ago. They have
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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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Celebrating Independence on the Fourth of July
As we, the whole nation, celebrate our Independence, but looking back on the past few months of challenges our nation
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Living is Done on Your Feet
As I sit to write this it’s the early part of May 2020. For the past few months the news
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