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In every Olympic Games, there are compelling human interest stories. For those of you who are old enough to remember, names like Dan Jansen and Derek Redmond bring to mind heart-tugging stories. But allow me to introduce you to one of my heroes from the 2012 London Games. His name is Hamadou Djibo Issaka. Hamadou …
I am a sports enthusiast. I especially like the Olympics. My sense of Nationalism runs deep within me. In fact, I’ll admit that when American athletes win a gold medal, and when they zoom in on their faces during the playing of our National Anthem, I can’t help but get a little teary eyed. Ryan …
On Friday, July 20 a man walked into the Century 16 Movie Theater armed with body armor, four guns, smoke bombs, and began randomly shooting people. By the time he was finished, he had killed 12 people and wounded 58 more. Several of the wounded remain in critical care in a local hospital. Since the …
While I was in college, I was playing in an “all important” intramural basketball game. Things were getting rather chippy when it finally happened. Someone on the opposing team punched a player on my team. My teammate fell to the floor, the benches cleared, spectators spilled onto the floor, and instantaneously everyone circled around the …
My wife and I just returned from a visit to Mt. Airy, NC, the home of Andy Griffith. Since we’re fans of the Andy Griffith show, we thought it would be fun to go to Mt. Airy, Andy’s real-life home town, and the model town for the fictional town of Mayberry. We went through the …