Medal of Honor Monday: Kyle Carpenter and the Weight of One Second
From a quiet Mississippi upbringing to a rooftop in Marjah, Kyle Carpenter’s life is a study in what happens when ordinary resolve collides with an extraordinary moment.
From a quiet Mississippi upbringing to a rooftop in Marjah, Kyle Carpenter’s life is a study in what happens when ordinary resolve collides with an extraordinary moment.
Protein is everywhere now because the body finally got a vote, and it turns out calories without function do not cut it when performance, recovery, and resilience are on the line.
From Gaza body returns to a stalled Senate spending push to a scaled back ICE footprint in Minnesota, today’s signal is the same across three fronts, limited cooperation is ending, big plans are hitting resistance, and government actors are shifting tactics under pressure rather than moving on clean wins.
After years of punishing my system with every caffeinated concoction known to man, I finally found something that sharpens the blade without wrecking the handle.
The Sterling’s long, lightweight handle causes users to bear down unconsciously, leading to irritation, nicks, and increased risk of Pseudofolliculitis Barbae (PFB)—but by restoring proper weight and balance, you transform a disposable into a field-grade shaving implement that lets the blade geometry do the work.
While Omar gets sprayed with mystery liquid at a Minneapolis town hall and keeps talking, Rubio’s telling senators that Venezuela’s transition is going to be a long slog with no clean exits, and Starmer just touched down in Beijing with sixty delegates trying to chase Chinese trade dollars without tripping any security alarms.
SHOT Show 2026 wasn’t about flashy banners or endless aisles—it was about the gear that actually worked, and if you paid attention, you could see the future of shooting right there on the floor.
From a Border Patrol shooting on a dirt road in Arivaca, to a missile strike on a Caribbean fishing boat now headed to U.S. court, to Xi Jinping gutting the very top of the PLA, the common thread is power under stress, weapons in motion, and the human cost that follows when force gets ahead of accountability.
Ryan Pitts didn’t survive COP Keating because he was invincible; he survived because, in the chaos of a fight designed to kill him, he refused to quit.
Creativity doesn’t die with age. Youth brings raw invention. Age brings tested insight. Different lanes, same engine, shaped by experience and memory.
Machiavelli’s 500-year-old truths challenge modern politics, asking why we accept politicians who fail the basic tests of real leadership.
Modern peace is an illusion. History shows stability is built and kept through force, not wishes, and every generation eventually learns that “normal” is fragile.