MANAGING EDITOR’S POINT OF VIEW

MANAGING EDITOR’S POINT OF VIEW

Critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined thought which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way. To think critically, you need to be able to put aside any assumptions or judgments and merely analyze the information you receive. Unfortunately, in our current era, when an exchange of ideas is attempted it is often met with prejudiced ideologies and those attempts become devoid of any openness to a critical thought process.

Imagine if we could replace cancel culture with critical thinking. We would have conversations of value instead of emotional reactions which are often filled with toxicity and hate.

Here at BLUE Magazine we are committed to truth, justice, and honest dialogue for a healthy exchange of viewpoints from a variety of perspectives of interest to our readers. We believe this is the foundation in our base of knowledge and is conducive to growth through maximized understanding of the world around us.

Our writers come from a variety of backgrounds both in civilian life and within the criminal justice and law enforcement world. While we may share common experiences and observations our perspectives are often varied shedding light on a multitude of views.

In this issue Professor Peter Marina explores overcoming wokeism and cancel culture in Police: Can You Forgive the Wokeists? Chief Ron Camacho continues to share his leadership wisdom with Mentorship and Coaching: A new tool for recruiting and retaining law enforcement personnel. And don’t miss our first ever dual COVER STORY interviews. Rabbi Abe Friedman tells us about his work as a rabbi working with the law enforcement community. Out front is our interview with thoughts of interest from NewsMax’s Greg Kelly. Keep watch for more interviews of national significance that we are working toward!

As our never ending mission of gathering useful knowledge through learning proceeds, perhaps Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it best when stating “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”

Reach out to us. We are always here for you as we continue to push forward, always improving, learning, and looking out for our fellow humankind. Be careful and stay safe as we all have so many who are counting on us.

Joel E. Gordon Managing Editor