In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Armistice Day (which has become Veterans Day) on the anniversary of the end of World War I. The commitment to military service is one of our finest traditions. The foundation of our safety and...

You can feel reality creeping in when you read THE GUARDIANS by John Grisham. Reality is the number of prison inmates who are innocent. Without saying so, Grisham interweaves the facts and devastating results of innocence projects from across the...

In case you missed it, in There’s Only One Reason You Keep Making the Same Mistakes. Repeatedly, I emphasized how much control we have over what we do. Bottom line? We do what we choose to do. Anything short of...

There aren't too many days so emblazoned in our memories as July 20 is for me.  N ot just for one memorable moment, but two spectacular ones. So, if you don't mind, come along with me as I memorialize those...

I love this quotation. It’s powerful in its simplicity while offering an indisputable reason for you to keep trying … NOT to keep thinking you can’t do it after a few failures. What more can I say? Repeat this to...

I think we’ve heard this in much simpler terms … something like “he who hesitates is lost” or words to that effect. I prefer this more elegant phrasing which dramatizes both the elation and exhaustion that arrives just as we’re...

Not for Fame or Reward Not for Place or for Rank Not Lured by Ambition Not Goaded by Necessity But in Simple Obedience to Duty As They Understood It These Men Suffered All Sacrificed All Dared All And Died Today,...