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It ends today…

I was going to provide you a pictorial update of my San Antonio shenanigans today, but instead I want to take this opportunity to urge you to watch a short YouTube video created by Bruce Kelly on his...

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Loss.

Today, NDSU mourns the loss of four students killed in an automobile accident yesterday - Danielle Renninger, Jordan Playle, Lauren Peterson and Megan Sample.   The sudden loss of these four young...

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Alcohol + Driving = Tragedy

I really don’t understand why folks continue to drink and drive after so many years of focused efforts by schools, police, government, and social service agencies to send the message of how...

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Why must it be so real?

Some days the real world is just too much for me.  Such is the case as I read about the death of an infant alleged to be from neglect in the Spirit Lake community and the murder of three children in...

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Until being strong is your only choice…

When I read the stories of victims and the families of victims that are raising their voices to bring greater awareness to the cost of drinking and driving I am humbled by their strength.  I don’t...

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Horrible inequities…

Three West Fargo students died over the past three days.  Three families lost beloved children, students lost friends, and the community lost its sense of serenity.  Whenever a young person dies there...

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Is this the world we want to live in?

I was horrified and sickened today to learn of the shooting in Connecticut where it is reported 27 people have been confirmed dead – 18 of which are reported to be children.  My God, is this the world...

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We shall find peace…

  We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels; we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. ~Anton Chekhov Charlotte Bacon, 2/22/2006 Daniel Barden, 9/25/2005 Olivia Engel, 7/18/2006 Josephine Gay,...

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They are all “our” children…

I was grateful to see President Obama on television this evening speaking at the Memorial Service in Newtown, Connecticut.  I felt that the members of that community and the country needed to hear the...

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Solidarity…

I have been touched by the gestures of solidarity toward Newtown, Connecticut that have been evident from around the world.  TIME magazine posted photos of some of the vigils and tributes. The...

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Fallen

On June 30, 2013,  19 firefighters were lost while battling the Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona.  The fallen represent about 20% of Prescott’s Fire Department.  It is an unbearable loss that is difficult...

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Think about the life you are willing to exchange for it…

Some of my students dreamed up the term “CAROL-ING” to denote when a person is worrying about risk.  It is a backhanded homage to me, but I’ll accept it graciously if it means that they are using my...

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“God Watch Over Us, Each And Every One Of Us.”

I am not exactly sure when I started offering up my simple go-to prayer internally to God, but I know I have been doing it for years now. Indeed, every time I am concerned for someone I care about’s...

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May Your Soul Never Forget What We Lost That Day…

Over Labor Day weekend I visited the 9/11 Memorial and Museum (https://www.911memorial.org/museum). I have visited the Memorial before, but not the Museum. I had heard from friends and colleagues that...

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