I have become weary of the social media rat race. For almost two decades, I have been feeding the click machine with, at times, my very best creative Continue Reading
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Weaponizing Wellness: What They Never Taught Us About Recovery
by Rob Sweetman, Former Navy SEAL, Sleep Scientist, and Veteran Advocate We trained to be machines—deadly, focused, relentless. We were told to Continue Reading
Are We the Bad Guys?
by Nicholas Efstathiou I answer a lot of questions as a high school history teacher. This one, asked by one of my students, was difficult to Continue Reading
The Looming Divide: Could America Face Another Civil War? Part 2
"Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure." – Abraham Continue Reading
The Looming Divide: Could America Face Another Civil War? Part 1
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." – Abraham Lincoln"It is the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country, and the Continue Reading
Why Critics Attack Writers Instead of Writing Themselves
It’s easy to be a critic. Too easy. In the age of the internet, where a keyboard transforms anyone into an armchair expert, writers—especially those Continue Reading
Ukraine: Justifying A False Narrative Through a Bad Picture
No, Ukraine is not the dam holding back Russia from trying to consume the rest of Europe by Darin Gaub, Lt Col (ret) I was sent this picture a Continue Reading
The Fall of the Fourth Estate
“If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're misinformed.” – Mark Twain.“Quote me as saying I was Continue Reading
Swiss Army Knives and Hammers
One big thing I learned in the TV media market over the last four years by Darin Gaub, Lt Col (ret) When my bride and I retired from the U.S. Continue Reading
Pain, Perspective, and Moving Forward
Last time, I wrote about pain—mostly my wife’s pain. It’s usually easier to write about or help with someone else’s pain than your own. Like most Continue Reading
Carry On, Soldier
It’s tough out there. Name-calling, divisiveness, and hate continue to pollute an already fragile atmosphere, amplified by social media. Sensitive Continue Reading
To the MSM, time to get in the fight for the big win
On November 5th, I opted to do a media blackout. I assumed Trump would lose and I would have to spend the next four years having to worry about the Continue Reading