I am not exactly sure when I started offering up my simple go-to prayer internally to God, but I know I have been doing it for years now. Indeed, every time I am concerned for someone I care about's well-being, see something that I think has inherent risk, or fly in a plane, I offer up [...]
I wish I knew then, what I know now, about the data vulnerabilities tied to technology. If I had known what a hot mess this would all be I would have never shopped online and operated on a cash only basis. Alas, that ship has sailed. Data and technology are inextricably tied together and have [...]
I am becoming a tad exasperated with the discussion of the young KVLY reporter, Mellaney Moore, who was able to enter and walk around three area elementary schools with little or no interference from school staff. The point of Moore's efforts was to illustrate the vulnerabilities of school security. The recent article in The Forum [...]
I was really disheartened to hear that the missing Montana high school teacher, Sherry Arnold, was declared dead. I don't like that kind of news. This is North Dakota and while I know we are not crime-free here, we have decidely less violent crimes than most other places. I like that about this place. I don't like [...]
My son Noah called me last night around 10 PM to tell me the big news - U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden. He had hoped that the 10th Mountain Division (his home base while he was in the Army) was involved in this final resolution to a decade long saga. It seemed appropriate [...]
THE NEW FORTY 