There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team.

There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

The sad end he met in Afghanistan was more accurately a function of his stubborn idealism - his insistence on trying to do the right thing. In which case it wasn't a tragic flaw that brought Tillman down, but a tragic virtue.

...books possess an ounce-of-weight to minute-of-entertainment ratio that compares quite favorably to intoxicants.

It is true that I miss intelligent companionship, but there are so few with whom I can share the things that mean so much to me that I have learned to contain myself. It is enough that I am surrounded with beauty.

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines through you.