Category: News and politics
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A National Week of Remembrance
I live about 10 minutes away from Columbine High School. 24 years ago on April 20, 1999, two individuals killed 13 people and then themselves. The day is sacred here in Colorado and the high school along with a few others do not have school on that day. They instead have a ‘Day of Service’.…
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Editing Horrors
Behind every video is an editor who had to watch and rewatch the horrors of an event.
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Brilliance Of Retrospect
It’s the old adage, ‘hindsight is always 20/20.’ In the vast majority of the cases this is true and it’s true with Mitt Romney. I didn’t vote for Romney either time he ran for the President. However, if he would have done what he knows in retrospect he should have done and explain the ‘why’,…
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Tribe
I came across an interview with author, filmmaker, and journalist Sebastian Junger. He was promoting his new book Tribe on ‘On Point’ with Tom Ashbrook. It was very, very interesting. This idea of a ‘tribe’ is something that was brought up by a friend of mine about 7 – 8 years ago. He was telling…
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The Extraordinary
While the US sits in the every tightening grip of the 2016 Presidential election, it would be very easy to just soak in what the candidates have to say and come to the conclusion that America really is screwed. I choose not to believe that. I lean with Warren Buffett who in his annual letter…
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Playing To The Edge
You cannot have a debate about security, intelligence, terrorism or privacy without bringing in former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden into the conversation. Whether you agree with him or not, he is an individual who was a player on every major and controversial decision for over a decade (1999-2009) in this country. Think for a minute…
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The Leader of the Defense
Having to inflict change on the federal government’s largest organization.
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Lights Out
When Ted Koppel speaks we listen. We hope he’s wrong but what happens if he’s not?