2015 03 29 Sunday I stand on the fantail and stare out at the buildings across the bay from the cutter. We’re moored in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Continue Reading
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Soul Ownership
Day in and day out I watch the world pass me by. I watch and listen intently. I watch as the many live their lives not for themselves, but for Continue Reading
Our Casual Blindness to the Despair of Others
by James Sullivan I saw a man shoot up heroin today. I stared for a few long seconds. He looked tired, war-torn. Like he’d seen his own future of Continue Reading
The Sweet Embrace of Fermentation
I lay awake, thinking about it, as I drifted into slumber my dreams filled with its embrace, its sweet nectar. I would leave it behind only to Continue Reading
I Paid $75 to Murder My Own Son or Daughter
by an anonymous veteran Only three people in my life know about my scar. Now I guess thousands will. But I think it’s time to tell my story in the Continue Reading
Things Dad Taught Me About Being A Man
Stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves The more someone brags about what he is, the surer you can be that's what he ain't Tell Continue Reading
A Story Told in Pictures: Afghanistan’s Mark on Me
In Afghanistan I transformed from a naive young kid into a more mature person, indeed I did. In Afghanistan, I learned that life is not only short Continue Reading
Why You Want a Physicist to Speak at Your Funeral
Author's Note: the following was written by Aaron Freeman (1956-), an American physicist, writer, broadcast journalist, and standup comedian, noted Continue Reading
Don’t Ever Count Me Out
A little over one hundred years ago, a popular politician from New York would write "The Man in the Arena." The work describes the importance of Continue Reading
Meditations of an Army Ranger: We Should Not Look at Death as a Reward
Meditations of an Army Ranger: We should not look at death as a reward – But our thought of death should remind us of our lives. “Only the dead have Continue Reading
Reflections on Service, Reflections on Sacrifice
by Jeff Marshburn (US Army, Ret.) It ended not with a bang, but with a simple closing of a door and driving down a road that I had called home for Continue Reading
An Army Ranger’s Perspective On Happiness
by Kasey Pipitt, Army Ranger Veteran When I look in the mirror, I see a man who doesn’t know what he’s looking at. A man who has never truly known. A Continue Reading