One of my colleagues, Michelle Brigman, climbed a 110 story building this weekend to honor the memory of 343 FDNY firefighters who died back on 9/11, a dark, dark day in American history. I didn’t know that fateful day that I’d be involved in the fire service some 9 months Read more…
I gasped out loud when I saw the headline that Anthony Bourdain had committed suicide. While I had only seen a couple of episodes of Anthony Bourdain’s show on CNN, I found it captivating: a real guy who brought food and culture together in a unique way. Here’s an excellent, Read more…
During the March For Our Lives events held across the U.S. and even internationally, I found myself tearing up as I listened to the horror students endure all across our country. It’s not just that these students are killed or victimized by guns in schools, but their friends and family Read more…
I hope you had a great holiday season. I had a significant scare just before Christmas that is now behind me. My wife discovered as we were hustling the garbage cans out on December 19th that I wasn’t responding to her. She announced, “I’m taking you to the ER.” While Read more…
The commute in San Francisco Bay Area is obscene. It’s gridlock. It’s killing people’s spirits and driving people to leave the area. For many, the morning drive into Silicon Valley starts at 4:30 or 5:00 a.m. The morning commute doesn’t die down until 11 or 11:30 a.m. By 1:30 pm, Read more…
Many women have been wondering why men don’t speak out about sexual harassment and sexual predators. Please indulge me. For the past couple of years, I’ve felt nauseous hearing about sexual harassment and sexual predators—people who use their power over the opposite sex to obtain advantage. It’s the notion of Read more…
Like many of my readers, you awoke to the news of the horrific act of domestic terrorism in Las Vegas this past Sunday. While I had an issue of Thank God It’s Monday written, I pulled it. It wasn’t a day for “business as usual.” I see a lot of Read more…
In the July 11, 2017, article in Fast Company.com called Are Your Ready To Consider That Capitalism Is The Real Problem, Dr. Jason Hickel and Martin Kirk write: In February, college sophomore Trevor Hill stood up during a televised town hall meeting in New York and posed a simple question Read more…
What happened this past week in Charlottesville, Virginia, could have happened anywhere in the U.S. The rallying point was a decision of the local government to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee, general of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the U.S. Civil War. The agitators in the Read more…
I’ve been thinking a lot about approximately 90 people who were willing to risk their lives by travelling in a non-air conditioned semi truck trailer for hours in the Texas heat. Aside from having no seats, no seat belts, and no air conditioning or moving air, the ride would have Read more…