Bullying is Ugly and Sometimes so is the Solution

Just yesterday a parent told me that a friend’s 11 year old child committed suicide. Hung himself. It’s hard for most of us to believe that an 11 year old would commit suicide. But when we see sobering stats from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) it makes … Continue Reading Continue reading

Punch Kills 83 year-old—Woman Argues & Stabs Man in the Throat and a Bully Gets His

Last week, in Independence Ohio, a guy sucker punched an 83 year-old man in a gas station parking lot, killing him. The same week, a student from my martial arts school, who is Chief Operating Officer for a local hospital told me that they had a man rushed into the … Continue Reading Continue reading

Every Day A Child Cries and Sometimes Dies—It Can Stop

Your son looks so innocent when he pets your dog and looks into its eyes. The innocence and love you see brings a tear to your eye.   And those special times that he comes up to you to share some new excitement in his life and you notice that … Continue Reading Continue reading

Bullying: Giving, Taking and Stopping

Bullying is a bad thing. In some cases, a terrible thing. While I was never really bullied, I was, in a way, similarly touched. When I was about 12, an 18 year-old tough guy, told a new friend of mine, directly in front of me, “He’s real good looking ain’t … Continue Reading Continue reading

Getting Bullied as a Kid, Feeling Inferior and Learning to Fight

Keith was verbally picked on all of his young life and even once while in high-school, was slapped in the face by a malcontent school yard bully. Getting slapped in the face, for a man, is almost as bad as being spit on. There’s something so degrading about a slap … Continue Reading Continue reading

Bullying: Giving, Taking and Stopping

Bullying is a bad thing. In some cases, a terrible thing. While I was never really bullied, I was, in a way, similarly touched. When I was about 12, an 18 year-old tough guy told a new friend of mine, directly in front of me, “He’s real good looking ain’t … Continue Reading Continue reading

The Sissification of America

Winter is upon us and the news media and many school officials have been ready for bear. Ready for bear meaning, ready for the worst. The worst such as kids turning into frozen pillars of ice-sculptures while waiting for a bus, motorists skating into ditches in droves and the masses … Continue Reading Continue reading

Is the Pen Mightier than the Sword? Bullying, Anger or Change

In 1839 English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton coined the phrase: The pen is mightier than the sword. Since then, many have quoted the words and now they are considered an engrained proverb. It basically means words are more powerful and effective than weapons or force in accomplishing your purpose. Furthermore, that … Continue Reading Continue reading

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