Although it is good to honor heroes in uniform it would be good to remember the uniformity of heroism itself. Heroism is the same in all ages because, in essence, it is synonymous with holiness. A ...

We live in an age of lesser — lesser goods, lesser men, and a widespread acceptance of lesser evils among the great evils of the age. To make matters worse, we’ve become much too accepting of that ...

Are heroes real, or are they simply stories we tell ourselves? Either heroes are objectively real—brave people who perform extraordinary acts of courage and sacrifice—or heroism is merely in our heads ...

GAMBELL, Alaska (Tribune News Service) — In June 1955, at the height of summer on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, Alaska National Guard Pvt. Bruce Boolowon of the 1st Scouts, just 20 years old, ...

Like all great mysteries, this begins with a corpse. On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 smashed nose-first into the rock-solid ice covering the Potomac River just outside Washington, D.C. To ...

We always root for a hero in the narratives that engage us, from classic literature to blockbuster films. This character embodies courage, resilience, and integrity, facing challenges head-on and ...

Some decades ago, the French-born, American literary critic George Steiner diagnosed Western culture with an illness of sorts: He argued that we had lost our capacity to understand tragedy. Of course, ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The ROTC Medal of Heroism was posthumously awarded to the family of Riley Howell during a private ceremony held at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, May 11, in recognition ...

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