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The Right That Vanishes “You have a right to life.” We say it as if it settles something. But consider what happens when a man with a gun decides otherwise. The life is gone, and with it whatever the “right” was supposed to guarantee. If a thing can be taken from you by anyone strongContinue reading “Who Decides?”

Before we get going, I wanted to let everyone know there’s a paid subscription available now. I appreciate those who have signed up for that – and while I’m still working on posts and material for that, I want everyone to know that supported financially or not, I appreciate you all. I do my bestContinue reading “WHO CAN VOUCH FOR YOU”

Six degrees off feels like nothing. Walk a thousand meters and you’re about a hundred and five meters off. That’s a football field and change. You’ll catch it at the next trail or the next creek and never think about it again. But hold that same six degrees and never check. Somewhere around sixty-six kilometersContinue reading “WHY YOU’RE OFF”

You close the laptop, or you lock the truck, or you just step off the pavement. It does not matter which one, because the instinct is exactly the same. You move forward into whatever the day is demanding of you, focusing entirely on the horizon, on the objective, on where you are going. But behindContinue reading “MASTER THE MOVE”

I gotta say I try to get these out once a week now – and I guess I missed last weeks – my fault, your bad. But, had a fella reach out and slap me in the face and said I missed the one for the medical – so we’ll start there and another questionContinue reading “Medical – Threat Analysis – Changing Currents”

When Tench Coxe wrote his famous defense of what would become the Second Amendment, he described a populace beautifully and terribly armed. He wrote that the ultimate power must always remain safely in the hands of the people themselves—calling them “the militia of these states.” Sam Adams took it a step further. He believed thatContinue reading “ARE YOU READY?”

Here’s a trick built into half the radios sitting in men’s closets right now, and almost nobody sets it up. Most guys pick one frequency and just talk on it — transmit and listen, same channel, every word. Simple. Also the easiest thing in the world to follow, because if anybody finds your frequency, theyContinue reading “Not Every Channel Gets the Same You”

I framed a fence one summer eyeballing it off the post before it, instead of pulling a string. Looked fine going up. Each post only had to agree with its neighbor. A couple inches, no big deal, close enough. But two inches, forty times, is close to seven feet. By the far end the fenceContinue reading “Nobody Notices the Line Move”

this post contains affiliate links, using them keeps me stoked TEAM, 1 August 2026 Everyone who has attended this course in the past has left with a deeper sense of appreciation for land navigation and greater confidence in their ability to move outdoors. Don’t take my word for it, go check out the reviews! You’llContinue reading “STAND BY! WE’RE ONE WEEK OUT”