They Called Him a Monster. His Final Act Saved Them All. His Tattoo Explained Why.

I watched Marcus “Reaper” Cole, President of the Oakhaven Sentinels Motorcycle Club, die on the scorched asphalt of Civic Plaza. He died forcing his thousand-pound motorcycle into the front wheel of a runaway dump truck to save a crowd of protestors who, just moments before, had been screaming for his arrest. It wasn’t until the

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The Teacher’s Tab: How a Diner Rebuilt What a Smartphone Tried Destroying

I spent 40 years carrying a gun. The cruelest takedown I ever witnessed, though, happened in a diner. The weapon? A smartphone. The victim? A teacher. My name is Frank O’Malley. I’m 72, and my pension from the city is just enough to keep me in coffee and newspapers. For forty years, I was a

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Choose on Purpose: How My Grandpa Taught Me to Stop Paying to Act Rich

I make $55,000 a year and I’m broker than my 75-year-old grandpa. To save myself from my $1,800-a-month studio apartment, I had to move into his basement. This wasn’t the plan. The plan was a downtown loft, happy hours, and a vibrant social life funded by my new marketing degree. Instead, I’m in suburban Ohio,

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