Failing Up
Life is improvisation! Observations from a regular guy on how with world around us impacts who we are and what we perceive. I explore how life is more about asking questions than accepting what is presented. In addition to my own reflections and experiences, I interview guests from the art, literary, music, cultural and political fields to gain insight as to how we all impact the world we share and our joint realities.
We are all failing up!
Failing Up
War is Not a Spectator Sport!
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We live in an age of video wars that we can watch in the safety of our homes detached from the sacrifice, courage and death that occurs. We look to win, but of course war is not a game. It is fought by those military that have more courage than I will ever be made to understand, and started by those who watch. I think back to when I worked for the Syracuse Newspapers and was doing an internship with the Newsline. I was sent to do a story on the D-day invasion. One person I interviewed was Thomas Niland Jr. The first Athletic Director at Lemoyne College, a coach, and onetime player, also a veteran of Utah Beach and wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. The movie, Saving Private Ryan was based on his cousins. He said to me in the interview how much is bothers him when sporting events are described as wars, or battles. Players come home from games, many solder do not come home from war.
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