"The Diameter of the Virus": Connections in the Age of COVID Rabbi Jason Rubenstein Editor's Note: This article was originally distributed through Yale University's Slifka Center, and is republished here with the permission of Rabbi Rubenstein. While it is addressed to Yale's Jewish community, it is a transcendent message that I think all of us can relate to in this time of … [Read more...]
Memorial Day—Remembering the Fallen
Memorial Day—Remembering the Fallen by Scoti Domeij Tandem-jumping into Normandy with Army Rangers who served with my son, Sgt. First Class Kristoffer Domeij, to honor the fallen at the 2019, 75th D-Day commemoration makes this 2020 Memorial Day even more sobering. Our documentary, Here Am I, Send Me, captures what we experienced in Normandy. Standing on Omaha Beach, … [Read more...]
That Time I Thought I’d Be Pissing Bones for a Week
That Time I Thought I'd Be Pissing Bones for a Week by Michael Bama Katt I'll have to wait till I total it all up at the end, but I've got a pretty good idea of what The Dumbest Thing I've Ever Agreed To Do is gonna turn out to be. Fighting in the precursor to the UFC. We had traveling tough guy competitions in the 80s. Literally. They'd come through town two or three … [Read more...]
Barroom Psy-Ops Turn Enemies Into Allies by “Hiding All the Strings”
Barroom Psy-Ops Turn Enemies Into Allies by "Hiding All the Strings" by Michael Bama Katt I've been working the doors and the floors of bars in the Deep South and the west since the first term of the Reagan administration. And I've come up with some mighty abstract ways to cull the bad element out from the herd over those 38 years. I like telling those stories here, and … [Read more...]
Dreading Mother’s Day: Finding Solace with the Brotherhood and Sisterhood
Dreading Mother’s Day: Finding Solace with the Brotherhood and Sisterhood by Scoti Domeij This first appeared in The Havok Journal May 8, 2016. Mother’s Day...at the first mention in the week leading up to Mother’s Day my conscious mind didn’t take much notice except for one fleeting thought, Oh it’s that time of year again? Too busy to give Mother’s Day much notice, … [Read more...]
The Void and the Legacy: How My Veteran Brother’s Suicide Affected Me… and the World Around Me
The Void and the Legacy: How My Veteran Brother's Suicide Affected Me... and the World Around Me by anonymous I felt compelled to share a part of me I have not shared with anyone before, in an effort that it reaches even one person in need of a glimpse of even the tiniest bit of hope. A Hope, that with a little shift in perspective, something positive can evolve from the … [Read more...]
COVID-19: Safety Does Not Trump Everything, Here’s Why
COVID-19: Safety Does Not Trump Everything, Here's Why by Wade Garrett Americans might not realize it yet, but we are being indoctrinated into a culture of fear. Indefinite closures are inherent creators of fear. Humans have always feared the unknown, and under Covid-19 closures with guidelines that change by the day, there has never been greater uncertainty in … [Read more...]
That Time I Disarmed a Would-Be Attacker with a Cootie Catcher
That Time I Disarmed a Would-Be Attacker with a Cootie Catcher by Michael Bama Katt I met this guy when I was working the door on a very slow evening back in '91. He was one of those guys who will get your Spidey Sense flashing on sight; he looks like everybody in the pictures of home that my Cajun buddies show me, he wasn't big but rawboned as hell, scars all across his … [Read more...]
With COVID, and in Life, It’s OK to Say: “I Don’t Know”
With COVID, and in Life, It’s OK to Say: “I Don’t Know” by Greg Drobny “I don't know.” A few years ago, the brilliant Nassim Taleb was asked what set him apart in the realm of financial market analysis. He said the difference between him and others was that he gets up every morning, looks in the mirror and says, "I have no idea what's going on out there." And then he … [Read more...]
How a Professional Bouncer Took Out Four Assailants Without Lifting a Finger
How a Professional Bouncer Took Out Four Assailants Without Lifting a Finger by Michael Bama Katt I always preach that for your average everyday citizen - men and women- the martial art you should master first is confidence. You should know how to defend yourself, absolutely, but if you pay attention to your surroundings and don't hang around sketchy people in dicey bars, … [Read more...]
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