I was taught to treat you, and you, and you, and, yeah, even you way over in the corner there, as individuals. I believe in that to my core. I'll Continue Reading
Contemporary Affairs
Police Training: Everyone Has a Plan ‘Til They Get Punched in the Face
Editor's Note: This article is also discussed in Ayman's Podcast: Project Sapient--check it out here. I was born in Monrovia, Liberia in the early Continue Reading
“Dropping the “N” Word
Last night started off like any other. I was drinking in a pub in the south island of New Zealand with a tall blonde from Finland, three Indian Continue Reading
The Societal Pendulum Swings Wildly and We’re Out of Time
by Jesse Short Author's Note: This article was originally written in February of 2018. I never published it and was hoping the system I described Continue Reading
I’m not Liberal, I’m not Conservative, I am Reasonable
These days in America, if you have an opinion (no matter what that opinion may be), you are quickly labeled and ridiculed. It could be the most Continue Reading
Waving Bye-Bye to Miss American Pie
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on July 21, 2020. ___________________ Don't get your hopes up that I'm going to write about the movie because Continue Reading
Special Forces, Entrepreneurship: Never Quit!
Growing up, despite my best attempts not to listen, the elders taught me nothing worth anything ever comes without a great price being paid. That is, Continue Reading
Independence Forever
by James Sullivan This first appeared in The Havok Journal on July 2, 2021. However, the themes presented in this article are Continue Reading
Reality of the Job
Every door I knock on is mostly bad news Most cars I stop, I don’t plan on giving a ticket It’s either to tell them to slow down or tell them Continue Reading
Proper Law Enforcement Training Requires ‘Refunding the Police’
Police Officers are shuffled through their respective police training academies. Academy training can last anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months depending Continue Reading
“Racist!”: What’s in a Name? Power, Not Equality
by Thomas Locke RACIST!! What images does that term invoke? Goose stepping, seig heiling Nazis? White-hooded figures burning wooden crosses? Continue Reading
Colorblind: The Banality of Kindness
by Jordan Taylor It seems the overall temperature of social interaction in our country these days is somewhere between overheated and white-hot. Continue Reading