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Honor in Courage

by Christy Lozano

Aug 07, 2024
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Like the lion in the Wizard of Oz, most (I would say all, but I don’t like statements that encompass totality) people in leadership positions in Santa Barbara County lack courage. Most – it seems – suffer from cowardice, a word the Oxford English Dictionary defines as “lack of courage to face danger: shameful fear.”

As an Air Force veteran, I took an oat…

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