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Teaching Our Children to be Victims?

Teaching Our Children to be Victims?

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December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

Author’s Note: This article was originally published in June of 2008. There are references in it to ‘recent events’ and…

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Act Your Age

Act Your Age

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November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

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

Our Warrior Culture

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October 3, 2022October 3, 2022

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

Reliance and Self-Reliance

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August 22, 2022August 22, 2022

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

Getting Hit Hard – And Not Staying Down

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May 19, 2022May 19, 2022

“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

The Value of Contact Sports

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April 27, 2022April 27, 2022

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

Teaching People To Be Helpless

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April 19, 2022September 2, 2022

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

Fear & Defense

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April 16, 2022April 16, 2022

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

The Difference Between Criticism & Critique

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January 10, 2022January 6, 2022

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

Celebrating Independence on the Fourth of July

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July 4, 2020July 7, 2020

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

Living is Done on Your Feet

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May 12, 2020June 2, 2020

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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Managing & Passing Time in the COVID-19 Era

Managing & Passing Time in the COVID-19 Era

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April 6, 2020June 2, 2020

To steal a word that so many politicians are already overusing: We’re living in unprecedented times. As this is written,…

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Managing COVID-19 Restriction Anxiety

Managing COVID-19 Restriction Anxiety

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March 22, 2020

Folks, welcome to another morning in America. It’s Sunday morning, roughly 10am while I write this. In a lot of…

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Logic and Wisdom

Logic and Wisdom

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March 6, 2020March 8, 2020

It’s no secret that I’m a huge Star Trek fan. Because of a quirk of circumstance, it’s actually documented that…

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Push Your Limits for Improvement

Push Your Limits for Improvement

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February 12, 2020

Not long ago I made a list of the new projects I was starting for 2020. As I reviewed, edited,…

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Don’t Regret; Cherish

Don’t Regret; Cherish

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January 30, 2020January 28, 2020

About 20 minutes ago, as I write this, I posted the following on Facebook and wanted to expand on it:…

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Birthday Perspectives

Birthday Perspectives

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January 28, 2020December 28, 2021

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

Life and Self-Perception

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January 17, 2020

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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2020: Another Year, More…?

2020: Another Year, More…?

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December 27, 2019

Ah, it’s that time of year. For the past week people have been building up to and celebrating Christmas. For…

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Give Yourself the Gift of Fear

Give Yourself the Gift of Fear

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December 25, 2019

I came across this “comfort zone” diagram in my social media feeds and wish I could find out who to…

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