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Sunshine Saved My Life

Sunshine Saved My Life

My wife likes to joke that I have no soul, because I don’t cry. She, for the record, weeps at the drop of a hat: during movies, a commercial, while reading… She even cried at the birth of both our children, and seriously, who does that?

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Do Not Go Gentle…

The problem with America—or maybe most people in the world—is that if given the option of being challenged, or catered to, the majority will choose “catered to.”

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Gradient Change

Gradient Change

I almost sat down to write another episode of, “People are Goddamned Annoying,” but as I started typing, I noticed something…

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A Night Alone

A Night Alone

September 16, 2013, was a milestone for my daughter. That morning was the first time she ever woke up with neither her mother nor her father in the house she knew as home. I had been in Chattanooga the night before and was doing my best to return to her side. Driving...

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Why We Fail

Why We Fail

In April, 2013, the department store chain JC Penney fired its CEO, former Apple executive Ron Johnson. It’s a move that makes sense, because if there’s one thing Apple is known for, it’s failure, right?

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