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 Continue Reading
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COVID-19: Safety Does Not Trump Everything, Here’s Why
by Wade Garrett This first appeared in The Havok Journal on May 6, 2020. Americans might not realize it yet, but we are being indoctrinated into a Continue Reading
That Time I Thought I’d Be Pissing Bones for a Week
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 Continue Reading
“The Diameter of the Virus”: Connections in the Age of COVID
Rabbi Jason Rubenstein This article was originally distributed through Yale University's Slifka Center and is republished here with the permission of Continue Reading
The Lessons Flowers Can Teach Us
One nice thing about living in Wisconsin is that most people (some work in snow removal) are happy when Spring comes. Of course, we're never sure when Continue Reading
COVID-19 Becomes a Virus of Values in a Time of Reflection
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 4, 2020. It's been a year, how did Covid impact your life? You worked 12-plus hours a day inside a Continue Reading
COVID-19 Changed Me
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 20, 2020. How has Covid changed you? Little things make me realize how Coronavirus has changed me. Continue Reading
COVID-19 Global Reality Check: What’s Really Essential?
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 23, 2020. The issues discussed are timeless. Americans fight similar, but also different emotional Continue Reading
After Easter COVID-19 Reflection: Depression—A Door
by Gloria Rose This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 21, 2020. The day after the crucifixion, Peter had to be depressed. Even more, he Continue Reading
With COVID, and in Life, It’s OK to Say: “I Don’t Know”
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 28, 2020. It's been a year, what has changed? “I don't know.” A few years ago, the brilliant Continue Reading
From Ritual to Reality: Because He Lives
My annual nostalgia of Easter now blossoms in reverse. My firstborn was killed in Afghanistan in the fall of 2011, the wild season of skeletal trees Continue Reading
That Crackhead and the Lawnmower
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank's Blog on April 24, 2016. It is republished here with the author's permission. Hans was telling about Continue Reading