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Tough Decisions
When do you call off an event because you think it might be too dangerous? Western Australia has an annual Lake Argyle Swim and has over 400 swimmers who compete in the contest. A day before the contest, a freshwater crocodile attacked four peo...
The Right Recognition
A French professor wanted to be recognized so he designed a glitzy international gala and awarded himself the top prize. He actually is a professor of Philology which is the study of language through historical texts. He accepted the Gold Medal...
Thankful Hearts
Kayla Kunz was eating lunch with her two sons, Oscar and Harrison, at a Panda Express in Pooler, Georgia. They saw two soldiers eating there and asked if they could go and say thank you to the guys. They approached the soldiers and in a simple ...
Never Say Never
Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft is a 72-year-old grandmother who had always wanted to be a medical doctor, but there were a lot of things that stood in her way, and she could never accomplish it. She did have a long career as a nurse practitioner. When he...
Inconvenience
Don’t complain about your personal inconvenience when that complaint might hinder somebody in need. This happened in a wealthy Seattle neighborhood that continually pressured Seattle’s Children’s Hospital to either limit or quit their emergency...
Speak the Truth
Some topics are controversial and might be appropriate or inappropriate. A commencement speaker at the University of Central Florida learned this recently. He was introducing some ideas about artificial intelligence and earned a lot of boos fro...
Blessed to Be a Blessing
When you have been blessed, are you willing to be a blessing to others? A North Carolina textile school invited one of its former graduates to speak at graduation. The speaker said that his father had studied at the school in the 1950s and was ...
Honesty
On January 1, 2026, a wholesale furniture gallery caught fire in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It was next to a Vietnamese restaurant whose owner, named Sak, helped save some of the furniture. The gallery owner picked up and left. This spring, ...
Your Sins Will Find You Out
You can always be sure that your sins will find you out. You can’t hide from them. Ask Kimberly Carroll who is a Michigan woman who was testifying in a scheduled court hearing via Zoom. The problem is that she was driving a car. Judge Mic...
Solutions
We have many dangers that face us. Some people are utilizing creative technology to deal with them. There are some high schools in Georgia and Florida who can deploy security drones to take down active shooters. These drones are mounted on the ...
Tell The Truth
There is a name for a new behavior called “Kittenfishing.” This is a term used with people on dating apps who fudge on telling the truth so they will appear better. Kittenfishing makes you feel like it’s okay to add an inch or two to your heigh...
Little Mistakes, Big Consequences
Simple mistakes can be costly. Be careful. A market in Scotland’s Orkney Islands intended to request 750 pounds of bananas. Instead, ordered 380 boxes containing 100 bananas each. That’s 38,000 more bananas than ordered, and because of strong w...
Timekeeping
Almost everybody carries either a watch or a phone so they can check the time. Time is important in almost every aspect of our culture. It was just announced that a new nuclear timepiece is the most accurate timekeeper in the world. It is adver...
The Most Important Certainty
We desire certainty, but we are constantly confronted with uncertainty. Being certain about something appears to give a stronger, positive sense of moving in that direction. Uncertainty easily raises a level of stress. Watching the stock market...
Sin Challenges
How do you combat something that you feel is bad for society? We dream up a lot of ways to do that, and sometimes it works better than it was ever intended. Officials in Anchorage, Alaska started levying a 5% tax on cannabis products. Officials...
Positive Affect Treatment
A lot of things in life focus on minimizing a number of negative things. Some of those are very good. Recently, there has been a lot being written about a new kind of therapy that deals with depression that focuses on positive paths to joy. It ...
Blueberry and Meadow
At a Maryland animal rescue, French bulldog mix puppy Blueberry and a 9-month-old black cat Meadow came to the Last Chance Animal Rescue separately. Each had severe injuries, but they became inseparable during their recovery. Each had lost a li...
Outstanding Plays
There are always some outstanding plays in sports that capture our attention. One such action is when an outfielder is able to leap high above the wall and rob someone of a home run. Recently, Joe Adell, an outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels...
New World
Ben O’Reilly is a 7-year-old boy at Compton Elementary School in Compton, NH, who is deaf and can only use sign language. He had difficulty relating to his classmates and even the teachers. He only could communicate with his aide, Cheryl. One o...
A Short Craze
It’s interesting to me how different foods all of a sudden become popular. Now they are saying that pumpkin spice is being replaced by pickles. That’s right pickles. Pickles were once just associated with burgers but today you can get pickled f...
World Cup
Police in Lima, Peru, used the popularity of the World Cup matchup between Mexico and South Africa to capture a highly sought after drug king, Carlos Cabera. They found out that he was a big fan of football, or as we call it soccer. They dresse...
Ray Svejnoha
Eighty-two years ago, Ray Svejnoha was attending high school in Illinois. World War II came and he had a choice to make, join the armed forces, or enjoy senior prom. He chose to serve his country. Now he is 100 years old and some students at th...
Freedom Isn't Free
Freedom isn’t free. It cost a lot to those who signed the Declaration of Independence. Of the 56 signers, 17 lost their fortunes, 12 had their homes destroyed, 5 became prisoners of war, one had two sons imprisoned on the British Starving Ship ...