Reflections Archive

  • Match Readiness

    Match Readiness

    In the few years I’ve been shooting competitive High Power Rifle, I have become aware of many subtleties of the sport. But at every match I go to, I’m always aware of other competitors’ match readiness. I’m not specifically looking at how ready people are...

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  • Bridging the Star Wars trilogies

    Bridging the Star Wars trilogies

    My friend Larry and I were talking in the office today and the Star Wars trilogies came up in the conversation. Eventually, I made a some comments about how there is broken continuity between the two trilogies. Here are a few I thought about. 1....

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  • Honor

    Honor

    For those who don’t remember, 64 years ago, thousands of young men parachuted into France and stormed the beaches at Normandy to initiate the push to defeat Nazi Germany. It was reported yesterday that the youngest Marine to ever receive the Medal of Honor, passed...

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  • Am I Catholic?

    Am I Catholic?

    I was driving home from the range yesterday afternoon and while I was making the transition from the 10 to the 215, I passed a van with the bumper sticker stating: You can’t be both Catholic and Pro-Choice. The message on that sticker caught my...

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