In 1995 I embarked on a journey that has been the most monumental adventure of my life. Sandy and I traveled to Las Vegas to get married. Well, that is not entirely true. Sandy, Carolyn, and I traveled to Las Vegas to become a family. Sandy had been married before, and she and her ex-husband had given...
Howdy ya’ll! The United States has always had a love for archetype characters. They serve as national models for emulation. While the histories surrounding these individuals and groups may be a bit sanitized or exaggerated, depending upon the needs of the audience, their ultimate purpose is to serve as guides both for our youth, as...
Last week I subjected you all to a long missive about the decline of the American Republic. This week I have decided to be a little more optimistic and discuss something, frankly, far more critical to us all as individuals: character. From business, to politics, to law, to the basic interactions between us as people,...
Each time I write about Chaney and her 47 Month experience I get nervous. First and foremost I don’t want to sound like I’m bragging about her. (Ok….truth to tell I am, and I am ok with it…I just don’t want you all thinking I am!) That said, our daughter is going through a unique...
George S. Patton once referred to The United States Military Academy at West Point as “Hell on the Hudson”. He was writing home during BEAST barracks, an event that takes place in July when the average temperature in New York is 197 degrees with 200% humidity. When Chaney wrote home during her BEAST barracks, she...
When I was a student at the University of San Francisco, I, like many of my fellow political theory majors, studiously avoided taking one particular political philosophy class. It was not because we had anything against the course work… quite the opposite actually… rather, it was a fear of the particular professor who had...
I beg you to indulge me one more time about West Point. (Yes… I know I have been bragging a lot about our daughter, but stay with me one more time. There are lessons to be learned.) During the weekend leading up to R-Day at West Point, Sandy and I took Chaney on a river cruise...
Have gun, will travel. “You guys take students to other shooting schools? That seems kinda odd, doesn’t it?” Yeah… we get that question quite frequently. As instructors, we are constantly seeking out additional training. Sometimes it is for the simple pleasure of just being a student and not having to “run” a class. Other times, we want...
This is an unusual subject matter for me, and one in which I am directly asking you for your assistance. There were essentially two seeds to this blog. One seed was planted from a phone conversation I had with a young man in Washington, D.C. He reads this blog and has followed the Artemis...
