Tag: Heroism

No Asshat Today

Filed in International by on October 13, 2010 7 Comments

I was going to post an asshat award today, but instead, I’m honoring the men and women from numerous countries who worked for over two months to rescue the 33 Chilean miners. Many times we throw the word “hero” around to loosely, making some very mundane actions heroic. What these men and women did to […]

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Mourning A Hero

Filed in National by on January 12, 2010 20 Comments

I think hero is a word that is overused in our society. A hero is not someone who can throw a football far or a well-off person with a chronic disease. In my mind, a hero is an ordinary person who does an extraordinary thing, usually at great risk to themselves. One person who fits […]

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