Running For President When I was a yearling (sophomore) at West Point, I had this great aspiration to be the student body president. I thought it would be a great idea for me to lead our class into years of legacy of greatness for the class of 1999. So I put my name in the hat and then thought of how I would run my campaign. West Point required all yearlings to take an en...

Search for Significance on a Saturday Morning This morning my two year old son Jett woke me up around 6:30am begging forbrexfast. We made our way downstairs and I pulled up a chair for Jett to stand on while I worked on the ingredients for chocolate chip waffles. The smell soon wafted upstairs and my sleepy eyed four year old made his way down to join us. We soon indulged...

Sometimes, probably more accurately weekly, I fall into the terrible pit of self deprecation as I disparage over what I could be, would be, and should be doing, and how I’m failing short or behind in various areas. In the midst of my funk last week, one of my neighbours stopped by, we exchanged the normal cultural platitudes and right before she turned to walk away, she ...