Perhaps one of the greatest casualties of a polarized society is the allowance and appreciation for shades of grey. Tyranny of the mob requires black and white thinking and when the mob doesn’t get what it wants, well, the pitchforks… Continue Reading
Let me be very clear from the start of this article. I support science, because science has a rare objectivity that is very much needed these days. COVID-19 is perhaps the best example of that. COVID-19 is a virus and… Continue Reading
I am of the belief that to protect one’s family, there may come a day that you would have to put a gun to your own Grannie’s head. That day is not today. If you have been hoarding toilet paper… Continue Reading
I’m going to go out on a limb here and state that I am uniquely qualified to write this article to my fellow countrymen about my fellow countrymen. Yes, ladies, I’m including you as well but I’ve neither the time… Continue Reading
Over the past 243 years, the United States of America has asked a hell of a lot of the young men and women who wear the uniform. It does not matter whether that was asking a Marine to kick in… Continue Reading
On the morning of June 6th, 1944, Theodore Roosevelt stormed ashore Utah Beach in route to a Medal of Honor and an eternal place in military history. Lest you think I’ve gotten my history confused, it was indeed Theodore Roosevelt… Continue Reading
Today is the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11th, 2001. It is a sobering event for all its realities and having witnessed it while serving in the United States Marine Corps, I knew exactly… Continue Reading
Perhaps as a way of blowing off the steam and stress of 2003 Iraq, in 2004 I set out to teach English in China. Specifically, I taught English at Nantou Middle School in Shenzhen, China, which rests just across the… Continue Reading
I don’t blog as often as I would like anymore. Yet, absurdity has always been my muse and there has been nothing quite as absurd in recent memory as the 400,000 people who have signed up to raid Area 51… Continue Reading
I’m of the opinion that people groups have one chance in the course of human history to be free. Take China, for example. The Chinese people will never be free throughout the rest of the course of human history. They… Continue Reading