Russ Emerson | February 2, 2004
A little over 18 years ago, Challenger was lost shortly after liftoff. A year ago yesterday, Columbia was lost on re-entry. Each took seven brave souls with her. Now would be a good time to read (or re-read) Bill Whittle’s extraordinary essay, Courage. Of course, the risks we private pilots face pales in comparison to […]
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Russ Emerson | January 31, 2004
Bill Whittle describes the first set of Basic Skills in his “Building the Ideal American” series. The ability to hit a baseball is what separates Americans from Animals and Socialists. It has been often said that there is no more difficult task in sports, for the very best practitioners in history are successful less than […]
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