by Dale | Aug 16, 2012 | Articles
I thought this was going to be one post, but not so. This is going to take a few parts to get all the way through. When I was a young Lieutenant – and even before that at Officer Candidate School – we learned the acronym for the Marine Corps’ 14...
by Dale | Jul 23, 2012 | Articles
In the summer of 2007, I was a year-and-a-half into my journey with CrossFit. When Coach Glassman and the main page announced slots for the 1st CrossFit Games to be held in Aromas, CA, I checked my schedule and saw that I was going to be on the west coast for a court...
by Dale | Jul 9, 2012 | Articles
So I started part I of this argument with the claim that the British heritage of the Rule of Law – and the respect with which it has been embraced and even refined in the United States – is the single greatest legacy and gift to mankind ever. Of course, to...
by Dale | Jul 3, 2012 | Articles
My arrival in Afghanistan coincided with both the 3rd anniversary of the World Trade Center attack and the upcoming Afghan elections in the fall of 2004. What I knew of Afgnanistan prior to finding out I was being deployed there could have fit into a thimble…...
by Dale | Jun 18, 2012 | Articles
No, I am not talking about a puppy for a little boy, or a subscription to Playboy for a slightly older boy. Spoiler alert: this is a legal post at heart, but it really touches on something much deeper, culture, and Western civilization. Now, I’m not about to...
by Dale | Jun 18, 2012 | Articles
Every once in a while in your life, you come out of something, look around, and go, “Wow. How could I be that fucking wrong?” I don’t care whether it’s a relationship, an argument with a family member, or whether the Celtics would finish off...