Young kids get a bad rap, but there are so many good kids out there. America has a future! https://twitter.com/fopminui/status/1929559720152502461
Tag: Bravery
In Which Simon Is Deputized :)
Simon has given me permission to tell this wonderful true story π Back in the day, when Simon was running counterdrug riverine operations in South America, he would often fly to South America out of Miami. On one such trip, he was flying with his Colonel in first class (they had received an upgrade) when … Continue reading In Which Simon Is Deputized π
A Profile in Courage
This video features a surgeon from Texas Children's Hospital who blew the whistle on the illegal transgender clinic that was operating there. The Feds are now after him. At a time when so many doctors are silent and complicit, we need more like him. Money shots: 41:57-45:06, 58:10-1:00:38. https://youtu.be/FrZDSy6SG4c?si=wEVTI4nOGaieWLgy
December 10th, 1966
American Women: Protecting Predators and Punishing Protectors
We have all heard the stories of battered women who attack the good men who are trying to save them. Most of the men I have been close to experienced that personally at least once: a good guy sees a bad guy beating up a woman, tries to intervene, and then the woman attacks him, … Continue reading American Women: Protecting Predators and Punishing Protectors
Violence and Eloquence
This guy explains civilization in two sentences. Amazing. https://twitter.com/TysonSClarke/status/1670245624371896321
Mike Goonan, My Dad, Part 1,
Death smiles at us all, all we can do is smile back. (Marcus Aurelius) On August 4th 2019, my Dad, Mike Goonan, passed away, a few weeks after he turned 95. I was incredibly blessed to have him for the first 49 years of my life, but even so, I still feel robbed. No one … Continue reading Mike Goonan, My Dad, Part 1,