For a brief time, we were trying to highlight important stories that you might want to read.  We tried to give you that on a daily basis, but the reality of our day jobs got in the way most days.  So, let’s try this again.  We’re going to see what if we can maintain a...

By Michael Berry: Paradox: par•a•dox; noun: something (such as a situation) that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually true or possible. Born in the late 1970’s, my earliest childhood memories were formed during the 1980’s.  Accordingly, I experienced the tail-end of what was known as the “Red...

By Drew Griffin: Almost no one will remember where they were.  In fact few will even see the significance of what occurred this last week. There was a time and an era when the event that transpired on February 8th would have unleashed a firestorm of media coverage and unprecedented political repercussions.  In the past,...

  By Andrew Hess Facebook recently released a new feature they call “look back,” which takes your most popular posts and pics and pulls them into a slideshow with a nice emotive piano bed. I loved watching mine. So many great times with great friends paraded in front of me. I didn’t want it to...

  By Staci Eastin If I had to pick a theme for Season 4 of Downton Abbey, I would pick identity. Many characters are struggling with who they are in an ever-changing world. Lady Mary believes that the only good in her was the part of her that loved Matthew, and she worries that it...

By Kyle Worley We have seen some great posts here at CBMW Manual over the course of December. We know that the winter season can be incredibly busy and you may have missed some of these articles and so we wanted to provide a short recap of some of the highlights from the blog this...