Tag: for the blue

This post is strongly-worded. I say these things not to be cruel, but because I care about police officers and because I’m worried that our nation is descending into a ...

It’s not just the incessant demoralization, increase in violence towards cops, lax felony prosecutions, and calls to defund that have had devastating effects on policing. Indicting cops for making good ...

After waking up this morning to news that vandals had set fire to the headquarters of an anti-abortion organization here in Madison, I promptly checked for statements from our city’s ...

Betrayal and abandonment by someone you hold in high esteem feels like a punch in the gut. It’s precisely what law-abiding Americans experienced during the summer riots of 2020. We ...

Our nation has endured turbulence throughout its relatively short history. Two world wars, a civil war, a Revolution, the 9/11 terror attacks, a stock market crash, civil unrest, crime surges. ...

It increasingly feels as if we’re living in a dystopian novel. In part one of this saga, leaders and figureheads have built a narrative about militarized police who need to ...

Cops are still under fire, crime still has a hold on cities across the country, and police departments still grapple with staffing shortages. Policing is in crisis. It’s not enough ...

It’s been a tough week. The images and stories of unimaginable suffering at the hands of a brutal dictator have been too much to comprehend at times. Never did I ...

If you’d like to support cops in meaningful ways, you’ve landed in the right place. It can be overwhelming not knowing how to help or where to start, especially if ...

Griping about a situation is easy. Putting yourself out there, being willing to make mistakes, and taking the steps necessary to create meaningful change? Not so much. We’re a nation ...