Badass of the Week

Badass. One reason I’ve chosen not to spend too much time on examples of physical courage is that it’s been done many times. In the case of Ben Thompson’s Badass of the Week, it’s been done really well, for a very long time. Each week, as you might have guessed, the site features a diferrent […]

Veterans Day (Armistice Day)

I can’t ignore Veterans Day, or Armistice Day or Remembrance Day as it’s known in other countries. Today is one of a very few days set aside explicitly to honor courage. The day’s original purpose was to commemorate the end of the First World War, or the Great War as it was called before World […]