Way back in the latter half of 2001, I had someone ask me this: “If you got on a plane…
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A few years back, almost 30 now I guess, I was a firearms instructor and was at the range with…
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The year is 3023. Earth is a different planet than it was at the beginning of the 21st century. Fossil…
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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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Something a lot of my friends have heard me repeatedly say is, “We don’t stop playing because we get old;…
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A very wise man once said, although I argued with him about it for quite some time, “Everything is a…
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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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Past experience has shown that all of us have times in our life where we feel like we’re “close to…
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Full disclosure: When this image popped up in my social media feed, I was only four months away from being…
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I have always loved dreaming. No, not daydreaming, although I’ve done my fair share of that (and then some); I’ve…
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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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Fair warning: This is going to be a short rant about assumptions people make pertaining to age. Just recently I…
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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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This entry is a combination of an updated version of two blogs I wrote about 15 years ago. They have…
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“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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Throughout the course of my law enforcement career it has constantly caught my attention how many of my fellow officers…
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Most recently I had a conversation with a gentleman who is a Marine, a veteran police psychologist and an avid…
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Not long ago I was on a long drive and as the miles passed, I began to ponder fear, our…
Continue ReadingThe 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.…
Continue ReadingCelebrating 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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