It’s probably no surprise to you that I’m a voracious reader and avid collector of books. Along with the ubiquitous “to be read” pile that just about everyone has, I also keep a shelf of reference material that I turn to over and over again. Some are related to my day job; others are a …
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on Friday evening after a lifetime of service as a jurist, litigator, and scholar. She was a trailblazer for women’s rights and gender equality for decades. Her work including direct involvement in litigation to ensure equal economic rights for men and women, including men’s access to spousal and widower …
As we get deeper into election season here in the United States, politics and other interactions are getting increasingly divisive, even more so than most Presidential election years. The dialogue is complicated by what we’re calling trolls: accounts used to seed disinformation and dissension. They create memes and other posts full of the kinds of …
A Boston-area mom had a scary moment last weekend, when her 8-year-old son became inexplicably tangled up in a seat belt and started choking. Somehow, he was nearly hanging from the ceiling of the vehicle, near where the belt was attached at the top. Nobody’s really sure how it happened, but it doesn’t really matter. …
Freak Accidents: Lessons from Siobhan Sherbovich Read More »
Protests, riots, and civil unrest are close to home for me again, with a weekend officer-involved shooting in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Police responded on Sunday afternoon to that scariest of 911 calls: a domestic disturbance. Shortly after the first officer arrived, a man came out with a knife in hand – visible in body camera footage …
For all that I like to say that there are no “just” answers in self-defense, there is one thing you can do that will always put you ahead. And it’s not “situational awareness.” It’s taking care of your health and fitness. I’m sorry. It’s something that will require lifelong, constant effort, and you won’t always …
Today is a day of remembrance. In true social media fashion, it’s also a day of forced remembrance. I’d like to suggest that some of what’s showing up and being amplified in our feeds isn’t necessarily the kind of reminder that helps the people for whom nineteen years has not yet been long enough to …
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Last month, a Colorado couple, Joseph and Jossline Roland, died while trying to buy a used car they found through an Internet-based ad. When they arrived to look at the car, the purported seller claimed to have brought the wrong title and asked them to follow to an apartment to get the correct document. At …
What happens after a disaster has swept through an area, the thoughts and prayers have been offered up, and the news crews have packed up and gone? Certainly, it’s not terribly glamorous once the actual event is over. The damage remains, but with a smaller audience and less attention. Everyone who’s left still needs to …
It seems that California is on fire again, along with large portions of the Western United States in general. It’s not the kind of natural disaster we see a whole lot of here where I’m at in the Mid-Atlantic, but some of what you need to keep in mind for wildfire season can be applied …
