Lessons From A Horse: Charity Is Love, Not Obligation
Are you one of those people, like me, who are charitable at heart, but hate walking by the Salvation Army Bell Ringers? Do you ever walk in the store thinking, “Don’t look at them; don’t look at them....
View ArticlePath Of Recovery – Healing From Tragedy
Much has been said about the school shooting in Newtown, CT, but no one has seriously addressed the reality of the path forward for the families left in the wake of such a tragedy. While the media...
View ArticleThe Angels of Sandy Hook – An Open Letter to the Victims’ Families: “We Cry...
To the parents, spouses and families of the angels we lost on Dec 14th, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT: From my perspective as a father, and a husband who has personally...
View ArticleCan Even Really Bad Music Heal the Soul?
If you read my recent Open Letter to the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting victims, in Newtown, CT, you would have seen a YouTube video featuring a song I wrote for the families of those...
View ArticleLewis VS Tebow – The Tale of Two Players
Ask any of my friends, and they’ll tell you my sports literacy is less than proficient. In fact, I learned more about basketball attending my best bud’s 11 year old son’s practice than in all my years...
View ArticleWelfare: Don’t Feed The Animals
Inspired by a sign that has gone viral on Facebook, I did a little research to verify the veracity of the visual. (Oooo, that was fun to write.) Here’s what the sign says: There were a few red flags...
View ArticleShouldn’t Liberals Be Standing With Rand? Drones & Intellectual Honesty
I love intellectual honesty; standing by your principles, and not drinking the Kool-Aid. I will join John Cusack in asking the question: Yes, where are the Dems? Didn’t Liberals once stand against the...
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Originally posted on The Tridemist: A full-length version of an op-ed I wrote following the U.S. presidential election: Obama should be impeached for killing U.S. citizens in drone strikes Nov. 20th,...
View ArticleSweet and Sour God
Growing up in the south, I always saw grandma putting salt on her cantaloupe. Nasty! “It makes it sweeter!” she’d tell me. Yeah, right. How does salt make something sweeter? That didn’t make sense to...
View ArticleBe A Teacher, Not A Quitter
Who didn’t love Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Minds? The inspired true story of LouAnne Johnson, an ex-Marine turned public school teacher who used unconventional methods to connect with her crew of...
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