Adults sometimes get stuck in that awkward, pre-epiphany phase, settling in there like a second-grader who almost-but-not-quite understands the knock-knock joke they're trying to recite. Read more
Adults sometimes get stuck in that awkward, pre-epiphany phase, settling in there like a second-grader who almost-but-not-quite understands the knock-knock joke they're trying to recite. Read more
Here again, for the fourth or fifth time, is an eyewitness account of President Lincoln in the White House on the eve of the Emancipation Proclamation. This is what "firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right" looks like up close. Read more
Not that long ago, an "ambulance" was little more than an airport shuttle for a hospital, driven by someone with no medical training. I'd never heard the story of how that changed. It's a great story. Read more
We’re all connected to one another in all the various roles and responsibilities we have in life. If we each meet our responsibilities, we make it easier for others to do so as well. But when we fail to fulfill our responsibilities, we make it harder for others. Read more
When people with guns are summoned in an emergency, they sometimes respond as people with guns — whether or not guns are capable of addressing the emergency in question. This makes things worse. Read more
I’m posting that video because, A) It’s a bear in a car, and who doesn’t want to watch that? and because, B) It’s a vivid reminder that we call on police to perform a vast array of tasks in their roles as “first responders.” Read more
Imagine that you're the center fielder on a baseball team. But in order to save money the team's management has decided not to hire anyone to play left field or right field. Read more
"This fellow came here as an alien, and he would play the judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them." That's what the mob says in Genesis 19 and it's exactly what the mob of run amok DC police said to Rahul Dubey. Read more
Punishment is not their job. Their badge doesn't cover that. Never has, never will. This is not a minor point. Read more
Police are not soldiers, Sir Robert Peel said. And whenever they act like soldiers, they thereby cease to act like police, which is to say they cease to act legitimately. Read more
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