Nike, Media Literacy and Boston Marathon We’ve lost the ability to recognize when something isn’t meant for us, and instead of moving on, we demand it changed while refusing to change ourselves. Ahead of the Boston Marathon, which is being run today as I write, Nike put out the now infamous sign. The billboard read, “Runners Welcomed, Walkers Tolerated.”, and the running community went crazy. When I first saw the sign the only thought I really had was, “Folks are gonna lose i

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He came home in one piece — but nothing fit right anymore. The war didn’t end when the firefights stopped. It followed Alex into his...

A raw, honest look at life with Lewy Body Dementia—REM sleep hallucinations, fainting spells, fast food wins, and hope from a veteran-runner-writer.

In the summer of 1994, I found myself laying on my bed, which was basically the floor as I didn't have a bed frame, listening to the...

Appetite for Destruction , Guns N’ Roses’ debut album, was released in the summer of 1987, just one day before my 10th birthday. I was...