RightSideUp

Do we have a duty to be brave?...

Ever feel like you just don't fit in?...

I vividly remember the last time I saw my grandfather alive. He was in a hospital bed, half sitting-up against thin white pillows, his hand...

“Aaaah!” I had to stop. I was a mile-and-a-half from my apartment, running along a tree-lined road, but I doubled over as I reached the...

I once read a rather silly feminist essay on Lord of the Rings that insisted Sam stabbing Shelob the giant spider with a sword was...

Since graduating college – and even before – I have learned a great deal about dealing with stress. I’ve also learned that there are a...

As I mentioned in a previous post, I grew up in an extremely supportive Christian environment when it came to my leadership ability and high...

The naval destroyer where I work has been running a lot of anti-terrorism drills lately. It’s a tad risky running drills on a warship, because...

I spent my last post discussing Nazi Germany. I discussed what I suspect is an undercurrent of our repeated emphasis on how evil it was:...

But seriously. Why do we act like the Nazis had a monopoly on evil? A strange fixation Every time a movie or TV show –...