Although it is good to honor heroes in uniform it would be good to remember the uniformity of heroism itself. Heroism is the same in all ages because, in essence, it is synonymous with holiness. A ...

On August 5, when a gunman drove to a Sikh temple outside Milwaukee and started shooting his 9mm handgun, some ran and some leapt to stop him. One of the six who died was temple president Santwat ...

Just before the mass shooting that left 15 dead and dozens more injured during a Hanukkah celebration at Australia’s Bondi Beach, two elderly bystanders attempted to disarm one of the attackers. In ...

Tod Lindberg, The Heroic Heart: Greatness Ancient and Modern (Encounter Books, 2015) My friend Tod Lindberg has written an interesting and important book on the changing nature of heroism. I disagree ...

Jonathan (“Yoni”) Netanyahu is a consensually revered national hero in Israel. The deceased brother of our (controversial) Prime Minister is embraced by all strands of the Zionist movement, ...

A student at Etta J. Wilson Elementary School received a special honor Friday morning, February 13, 2026, from the Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Fire Company.

Psychological experts explain why we “freeze” during danger, and what we can do to fight that instinct. In 1964, Kitty Genovese was killed outside her apartment building in densely populated Queens, ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A contractor from Toledo was awarded the highest civilian honor for heroism in the United States. Justin Slater braved swimming in the Maumee River to save a woman who jumped off ...