The adage, how to eat an elephant could not be more appropriate when addressing the issues and possible solutions to school violence. In case you missed it, in mid-December the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSDHS) final report *from the Public Safety...
This week’s reaction from President Trump’s abrupt tweets concerning troop withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan, are on the surface, concerning. However, there have been no details about either troop withdrawal strategy. To conclude a policy decision based on a...
The stakes have never been higher between Russia and Ukraine after last weekend's attack by Russia on Ukrainian naval vessels. The Ukrainian ships were returning to the Azov Sea from the Black Sea via the Crimean, Kerch Strait. The Strait borders Crimea to the West...
The recent shooting in the Pittsburgh Synagogue and the country-western bar in Southern California once again thrust the spotlight on the pervasive threat that everyone in today’s society faces- the reality that an active shooter event can occur anywhere and anytime....
Mystery still surrounds the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who resided in the US and was an outspoken critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Khashoggi’s differences with the kingdom stemmed primarily from the political reforms of Crown...
If you are like many Americans, life in general is complicated, fast paced, about having too many choices and too little time to accomplish all the “tasks of life”. So, in life, we make hard choices all the time. It's like doctors and nurses working triage, sorting...
Not to be confused with Physical Threat Assessments, the recently released guidance (7.13.18) from the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC), a division of the Secret Service, covers behavioral intervention systems and techniques as operational guidelines for...
Businesses, churches, schools and every other organization have something they can do to reduce the likelihood of tragic events like we witnessed at the Capital Gazette this week; take the threat from individuals and groups seriously. It begins with every...
The stakes are high in safeguarding the relationship between Turkey and the U.S. This week, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is in Washington for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Turkey, for decades, has been strategically important to the...
The problem that the United States currently faces with safety in public schools goes beyond the political argument about gun control. Whenever there is a school shooting, some politicians pounce on the issue of banning some guns, while others vehemently oppose any...
Saturday marks the six month anniversary of the massacre at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. As the case with the Charleston shooting was, the same predictable responses ensued afterwards. The press tirelessly inundated the viewers with experts...
The buzz heard around the world this week contained various phrases concluding that peace on the Korean Peninsula is imminent. We have seen countless pictures and videos of the two Korean leaders meeting at the DMZ and crossing onto each other’s territory for the...
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