Monday, May 25, 2026 • Today's Principle: Courage

On Memorial Day, Carlos uses the backlash against Senate candidate Graham Platner — who called soldiers "fat, lazy trash" and mocked a Purple Heart recipient — to expose the particular cowardice of educated men who stay silent when speaking would cost them something. Drawing from Joshua 1:9 and Proverbs 16:13, and from Chapter 5 of Men of the Republic, the episode distinguishes real courage from rage and calls men to practice it in the small rooms first. The charge is direct: identify the conversation in your life right now where something wrong has gone uncorrected, and speak into it before the day is done.

Scripture: Joshua 1:9; Proverbs 16:13

Today's Charge: Speak up in the room you are actually in — name what is wrong this week in your workplace, household, or church instead of calculating the cost of silence.

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Today's Courage chapter reference: Ch 5 — Courage Without Rage