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1. Does a story like this make you change how you see a suitcase without an owner, a bag left under a table, a person walking by dressed inappropriately for the weather, a street with too many taxis parked along it? 2. How does this plot parallel current threats to our country? 3. What does the Troll character bring to...
GEAR “Everybody’s got a little light under the sun.” – from Flash Light by Parliament Flashlights In THE APOSTLE, Scot Harvath finds a pair of Streamlight’s Sidewinder flashlights for his team to navigate a tunnel below Kabul. With the 185-degree tilting head pointed toward the ground, clipped to operator’s belts, and set to emit green light, these flashlights would illuminate the underground...
1. In THE APOSTLE, Scot Harvath mused that, “Accountability as well as personal responsibility had been chucked out the window of American culture… abdicated by the American voter.” He compared it to the Roman’s notion of bread and circuses: “as long as people had food (McDonald’s) and fun (American Idol) they didn’t care much about the erosion of their nation.”...
Stay in the fight. It’s one of my favorite phrases and one I like to include when I sign books. It’s popular with elite military operators, and in fact it was one such operator who suggested I adopt it and use it at my signings. The more I used it, the more it grew on me, particularly because it represents the...
1. If a new revelation from Mohammed were found, Muslim’s would have the opportunity to re-examine their faith in the context of the 21st century. How would a 21st century examination of other historical documents impact society? The U.S. Constitution? The Bible? 2. LaRue Tactical stamps their rifles with the motto, Live Free or Die. What is your motto? 3....