From the February 19th Kansas City Star: Photo by John Moore / Getty Images

Photo by Tom Fitzsimmons I attended a forum at Harvard last night, at which five veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan discussed leadership on the front lines. The veterans, 3 Army officers and two Marine Reserve officers, discussed how to be a successful leader in hostile situations. Major Ewers explained that during the most dire of [...]

My grandmother forwarded this to me: One sunny day in 2008, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he’d been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the Marine standing guard and said, “I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton.” The Marine replied, “Sir, [...]

Not much has changed since my last update. The leg feels great one week and terrible the next. The only time I know it’s going to hurt is when we’re going to get rain. I’ve scaled back my workout routine at the gym slightly, I don’t want to injure myself before my orthopedic appointment on [...]