by John G. Self | Oct 4, 2013 | Stories
High school reunions are a unique experience. When you attend your 10th year high school reunion celebration, the dynamic is driven by the energy, hope and dreams of a room full of 28-year-olds who feel bulletproof. Attendance is typically good. Graduates are...
by John G. Self | May 17, 2013 | Stories
It seems like only yesterday that I was sitting in front of my Western Union teletype in the police press room, a man in his mid-20s trying to make sense of something that made no sense at all – the death of five children in an apartment fire caused by adult...
by John G. Self | Sep 6, 2011 | Stories
Posted from Tyler, Texas On the day we are born, scientists tell us, we begin to die. Death at an early age is a tragedy. The death of a baby with an irreparable defect is heart wrenching. A teenager who dies in an accident is shocking, filling us with a consuming...