The reason it’s called a bully pulpit is because a prominent public person has the opportunity to speak on an issue and make a dramatic impact on everyone within range of his/her influence. Recently, when President Bush said the magic word, drill, he removed the executive branc... [Read More]

I was playing the tail back position during practice at the tender age of 13, standing on the balls of my feet, anticipating the defense as the quarterback called the cadence.  The center snapped the ball to the QB and he gave me the handoff before I hit the hole.  Lik... [Read More]

The deafening blare of the sirens creates a wide path through the late-night traffic as the five-ton crimson machine races toward the glow in the distance. You and your partners hold tightly to the vertical steel bars that surround the body of the truck as it whips around corne... [Read More]

Last month I wrote about someone close to me who suffers from an abused childhood and this is a continuation of her story.  At age twelve she had been tormented since before she knew how to do simple tasks like tie her shoes or say her ABC’s.  The abuse shut her down e... [Read More]

Twenty eight years ago, it was a bright spring day outside the school house.