Here is Part 3 of our ongoing Perspectives series about what we can do at the individual and family level to prepare for an event like the Paris attack (or for that matter an active shooter who didn't like his pancakes at the Village Inn). One thing we'd ask - share...
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Perspectives: Wishful Thinking & Playing Dead is Not a Plan (Part 2)
Yesterday we started a series that proved as popular as we'd hoped; it seemed to generate a lot of discussion. The question was, What can the average American do to be as pragmatically, practically and realistically prepared for an event like Paris, Boston, Madrid,...
Perspectives: Wishful Thinking & Playing Dead Is Not a Plan (Part 1)
The attacks in Paris last Friday are rightfully dominating conversation across the country (except for in certain solipsistic student gatherings in Missouri). In today's Perspectives article, we'll set all politics and sanctimonious commentary aside, we're going to...
YWR: The Devil You Don’t Know
The latest American Praetorians novel takes our pipe-hitting protagonists away from the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa to someplace just as vile, dangerous and smelly: the United States-Mexican border.
Life, Love and Flyfishing: WWII Veteran Frank Moore
This video is nearly half an hour long. Don't blow it off. Invest the time and listen to Frank Moore. Mad Duo Life, Love and Flyfishing: WWII Veteran Frank Moore David "Mad Duo David" Reeder Mr. Moore isn't just a man who "stalks the wily trout," nor is he just a WWII...
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The Mythology of Colonial Militia: Von Steuben’s Professionals
An understandable mythology of the Revolutionary War era Minute Man, but it is just that: a myth. Colonial militia, legend vs. reality.
Embattled Farmers – The Mythology of the American Militia | Independence Week
Friederich Steuben (1730-1794) wrote of what he described as the ‘American spirit.’ Emerson called hthis icon, the “embattled farmer” who left his home to fight the Redcoats. It’s a big part of Revolutionary War lore.
Dialectic Discourse vs. Trolling Tactically
Though you may not know it from reading the internet, you actually can disagree with someone without resorting to monosyllabic quips or injecting invective. Watch the videos, consider your thoughts, and read the responses. Let us know what you think in the...
20 Years and 168 Lives Ago
It was April 19th, 1995. At 9:02am, a Ryder Rental truck, chock full of a mingle of homemade and commercial explosives, detonated in the unloading zone at the Alfred P Murray Federal Building. It was right below a nursery. In the deadliest terrorist attack the United...
Taking Truth from the Dead – Newhall 45 Years Later
Gather round and take a knee. We're not only going to remember a day in history, but also consider why we should learn from it. Mad Duo Taking Truth from the Dead - Newhall 45 Years Later by David Reeder One of my early LE mentors, Sgt. Jim Clark of the Tulsa...