In Charlotte this week, a long-time member of the Salvadoran MS-13 gang turned evidence against his former friends in federal court, saying he knew he risked being killed but did it because of his mother and brothers. According to the story in the Charlotte Observer, the 21-year-old said he had joined the gang as a young teen and took part [...]
After our eldest, John Calvin, read his dad’s Ten Moments in Manhood list, he sent us a link to an incredible YouTube video. In this 3D animation of Captain Sullenberger’s Hudson landing, you can see it all happen up close. What I found most fascinating was listening to the actual audio while being able to [...]
Since the annual “Year in Review” and “Top Ten” articles are appearing in the media this week, I thought I’d take a quick look at ten stories that illustrate what it means to be a real man – or what can happen when you abandon that ideal. These may not be the biggest and greatest [...]
Henry Allingham of Birmingham, England, died recently at age 113, officially designated the oldest man living at the time. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Air Force and spent the later years of his life reminding this generation of the sacrifices of the men in “The Great War”: The scenes he witnessed [...]
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