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A Blaze of Gory
She had a name. Well, in a sense she had a name. In our propensity for anthropomorphic depictions of nature’s other creatures, we gave her a name. Blaze. Blaze was a 20-year-old sow, which sounds harmless, until you add she…
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How Can There be Good Cops, If There are Bad Cops?
I read an opinion piece the other day from the Bangor (ME) Times entitled, The False Message from those ‘Good Cop’ Stories? Things Aren’t So Bad by Heather Denkmire. Here is the link and I encourage you to read it…
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A Perspective on Sandra Bland and the Issue of Resisting Arrest: Perception versus Law
My friend, Kent Harrop, wrote the following editorial on his blog about the Sandra Bland incident. I encourage you to read it before you read my response. You can find it here, https://greenpreacher.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/a-moral-emergency-the-death-of-sandra-bland The issues raised about the circumstances surrounding…
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Silenced Justice: A Josh Williams Novel Available Now on Amazon!
Silenced Justice, the highly anticipated sequel to Collision Course, is now available on Amazon in print and Kindle format. Click here to link to my Amazon Author Page and read the early reviews! Thanks to all who pre-ordered the…
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Setting a Record: Missing the Point
On the Appalachian Trail it’s not how fast you hike, or how far, or even that you make it from one end to the other that is important. What matters is that you TRY. Scott Jurek set a record time of…
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Is there anything better than…?
(Feel free to send me things to add to the list. I’ll update as they come in. Might be interesting to see the things we find important) First sip of coffee in the morning. Walking in warm summer shower. The…
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1. Collision Course
Collision Course is the featured book on this site.
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Where is the Old Southwest Airlines?
Where has the “old” Southwest gone? Southwest Airline’s Ramp agents have been without a contract for four years. I was reminded of this by an image posted on Facebook of a group of rampers (as they are known within the…
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Killing Americans
I came upon an interesting infographic the other day that caught my eye. I have selected the most significant ones, but if you are interested, the full graphic is here. (http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/causes_of_death#sthash.gxxFi7De.dpbs) It details the leading causes of death in the…
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Remembering a Remarkable Woman
A woman of character and compassion died the other day. There will be no public outpourings of grief, no news stories about her life, or any well-known celebrities or politicians mourning her passing. There should be. Sister Roberta Campbell, a…