Make your life oxymoron-free

They beefed up security at the University of Puget Sound last year when columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. gave a speech, because both Pitts and the university received e-mails threatening his life if he went through with his appearance.

Of course he was going to give the speech, Pitts said: "Living in fear is an oxymoron."

Think about it. You either live free, or you are paralyzed with fear, a kind of death while breathing. Living in fear is indeed an oxymoron.

Fear is a choice. Choose to be oxymoron-free.