Tag: Crime

• April 25, 2025

  #50: Oklahoma City: 30 Years Later

  “But it is a sort of April-weather life that we lead in this world.  A little sunshine is generally the prelude to a storm.” -William Cowper The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and the temperature is rising.  Spring is in the air.  The annual excitement surrounding the end of winter goes back thousands…
• March 24, 2024

  #34: Pretzels and Beer

  Continued from Blog #33: Munich Security Conference Hallway reputation.  Personal brand.  Leadership shadow.  Regardless of the buzzwords we use to describe the way others think about us in the workplace, a bad reputation can be hard to shake.  The concept isn’t exclusive to humans, either.  Amsterdam banned the smoking of cannabis in public in an…
• December 9, 2023

  #29: APEC Leaders’ Summit

  “San Francisco is a lot of things.  It’s hippies, hipsters, vagrants, flagrants, artsy, fartsy, and more.  You name it, and it probably lives here.” – The Bold Italic Magazine In 1989, the growing independence and importance of the Asia-Pacific region was brought to formal recognition by 12 countries intent on combining their successes, ideas, and…