On the 8 Spot

This is powerful writing.  On the real John McCain from Rolling Stone here ht to Doc Searls here.

There’s a distance between the two men that belies their shared experience in North Vietnam — call it an honor gap. Like many American POWs, McCain broke down under torture and offered a “confession” to his North Vietnamese captors. Dramesi, in contrast, attempted two daring escapes. For the second he was brutalized for a month with daily torture sessions that nearly killed him. His partner in the escape, Lt. Col. Ed Atterberry, didn’t survive the mistreatment. But Dramesi never said a disloyal word, and for his heroism was awarded two Air Force Crosses, one of the service’s highest distinctions. McCain would later hail him as “one of the toughest guys I’ve ever met.”

Make-Believe Maverick : Rolling Stone.

Some people need permission to act! But that is something no one can give you, no one but yourself!

Give yourself permission to dream.

Give yourself permission to act.

Give yourself permission to fail.

Give yourself permission to dream again.

Queen Latifa from NYTimes here ht to eric musselman’s blog:

“I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn’t do anything because they feared going into a room and opening their mouths. My parents told me to truly accomplish things in my life, there would be times I would have to stand alone. It may be scary, but that’s what it requires. So the times I had to stand alone, I got it. I understood where I was coming from, so hopefully, everybody else would get it eventually.”

Posted by Eric Musselman at 8:13 AM

Eric Musselman’s Basketball Notebook: There are times when we have to stand alone.