by Jason Swindle | Aug 13, 2017 | Articles
TEAMS SMILE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. TEAM meIn 1981, the Georgia Bulldogs won the National Championship. (I know you Auburn and Bama fans get tired of me writing about Georgia. I will lighten up in the next few weeks.) Each player wore a tee shirt with the above two...
by Jason Swindle | Aug 6, 2017 | Articles
THE COWARDICE OF BULLIES. July 1982 – Deep South Georgia.A young boy is riding shotgun with his grandfather in a white Chevrolet pickup. The pickup is distinct because of the brown race stripe on the left side of the truck. This stripe didn’t come from the...
by Jason Swindle | Jul 30, 2017 | Articles
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. There was a time when chivalry and honor were understood by all; even those who lacked one or both. Those were the days when men would die to protect the honor of their family. Men would come to the aid of a lady in distress under any...
by Jason Swindle | Jul 16, 2017 | Articles
THE SLEEPING BEAR. In 1979, an epic story about brothers, war, and life in the Montana wilderness was written that no one would hear about until 1994. Some American Indians in the Montanas believe that an encounter with a bear in the wild changes a man. The bear...
by Jason Swindle | Jul 9, 2017 | Articles
THE WEST GEORGIA AUTISM FOUNDATION. This is a true story. For the past few months, there has been a “tugging” from the inside to initiate something that I never thought of or believed would gather much interest.But the tugging persisted. I realized the...
by Jason Swindle | Jun 30, 2017 | Articles
GRATITIDE FOR CAMPUS CARRYThe University of West Georgia gave me an opportunity a few years ago to become an adjunct professor in their Criminology Department. Teaching criminal law to future police officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, probation officers and...
by Jason Swindle | Jun 25, 2017 | Articles
MAKING BRENDAN DASSEY. Hundreds of thousands of people around the world have seen the Netflix documentary “Making A Murderer.” This is the true story of the two criminal trials of Steve Avery in Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin. Brendan Dassey, Avery’s...
by Jason Swindle | Jun 19, 2017 | Articles
OUR TWO GREATEST PRESIDENTS. By placing my own political views aside, I have found the two men who I believe were the best presidents in U.S. history. Interestingly, the two men were different in so many ways. One was born in New York, came from a wealthy family, went...
by Jason Swindle | Jun 11, 2017 | Articles
THE GIFT OF INTUITION. This Spring, Officer Chad Taylor was the guest speaker for my criminal law class at the University of West Georgia. I had no idea how animated his presentation would be. He engaged the students with demonstrations of dangerous encounters and...
by Jason Swindle | Jun 4, 2017 | Articles
1ST AMENDMENT IS NOT FREEDOM FROM CONSEQUENCES. Some of you are aware of the stunt pulled by comedian Kathy Griffin, who desperately needed to gain exposure for her declining comedy career, recently during a photo shoot. Well, she certainly got exposure. But, it was...
