Bryan Zuckor, 14, and Randy Gordon, 17. For these two young men, Monday became the day -- the day ordained they should senselessly die. Once again, here we go seeing the faces of the anguished and grieving parents, the shocked and numb classmates, the proverbial newspaper column saying how it's society's ...
Recently, there have been a flurry of stories regarding the Albert Means family. The question : To what extent should the rules and regulations apply to him, his family and his future? The other day, two of my friends and I shared a coffee at CK's Diner and discussed this very issue. My friend Cory ...
A professor recently relayed to me a story about a student a few years ago who said he was $3,000 in debt to a credit card company, but he had an awesome looking t-shirt. A posting in a recent campus Sunday service about a mission trip said, "The cost of the trip is $75 and includes a T-shirt!" During ...
Love ... what's that all about? For some, it's an enchanted evening straight out of central casting of Disney and Hollywood, complete with the Crystal Carriage. For some, it's a sweaty, hot, Shag-A-Delic time somewhere discreet. For others, it's a sacred principle that is demonstrative of their faith. For ...
When you think of the military what conjurs in your mind? Do you have images of a spitting, red-in-the-face drill sergeant, like in Full Metal Jacket? Or do you have images of being a Top Gun, Tom Cruise character in a leather jacket, romancing women and testing the limits of an F-15? Or maybe you think ...
As I look out the window, I feel the cool breeze and see the sunny blue skies and somewhere, I smell the grass and the coming of spring. With spring comes the beginning of my favorite season -- baseball season. There is just something about picking up one's glove and bat and going to the backyard, the ...
I want this column to include from time to time, the one thing that gives me inspiration to live well, and that is my walk, my friendship, and well my very existence -- Jesus Christ. Now, don't worry, I am not some Pat Robertson/Jerry Falwell, send-me-$100-million-or-I-may-die type Christian. Also, ...
Life is a constant journey. Every individual takes a path that leads them through the mountain peaks and the valleys of life. For some it's a quiet, subdued walk along a peaceful river of tranquility, while others chop themselves through the rough and scale the rocky edifices of life's drama. Some parts ...
