Matilda, Are You Fat and Ugly?

By | March 29, 2024

[March 29, 2024]  Reading is one of life’s great pleasures, and we can certainly learn much from those many words on a page.  I regularly read to both my children as they grew up.  One of those books was Roald Dahl’s Matilda, and they just loved the twists and turns that Dahl introduced so well.  My son, in… Read More »

Letters to My Granddaughter, No. 62

By | March 26, 2024

[March 26, 2024]  It was Sunday and Father’s Day.  We were hurrying to get to the beach on Padre Island to have fun on such a glorious day.  I want to express my gratitude to my father and grandfathers, who helped raise us kids and ensure we grew into responsible teenagers, rational thinkers, hard-working, God-fearing, and upstanding community… Read More »

Advice for Young Men: ALCOHOL

By | March 25, 2024

[March 25, 2024]   Alcohol is a clever drug.  It gets into the brain and slowly changes what is good and free and beautiful into something evil, enslaved, and ugly.  Why, then, do people use alcohol?  If you use alcohol, the answer is obvious.  Using alcohol is fun, socially encouraged, and exciting, and it makes us feel good. I… Read More »

Gen. Milley Calls Afghanistan a “Strategic Failure”

By | March 22, 2024

[March 22, 2024]   On Tuesday this week, retired Army Gen. Mark Milley and Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie gave testimony before a Congressional committee to give us more insight into the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle.  Milley said that the U.S. led operation against the Taliban, since the 9/11 terrors attacks was a “strategic failure.” I’m more inclined to believe that… Read More »

Undue Command Influence? Gen Charles Hamilton

By | March 21, 2024

[March 21, 2024]   The U.S. Army’s selection process for Battalion Commanders is rigorous, balanced, and is designed to select the Army’s best.  At this time, it is alleged that GEN Charles Hamilton tried to influence the selection of a female Lieutenant Colonel, previously determined to be unfit for command.  This is what is called “undue command influence” and… Read More »

Chinese Women Choosing to Stay Single

By | March 20, 2024

[March 20, 2024]   China Uncensored host Chris Chappell, a former China journalist, seeks to cover essential topics in China.  We are seeing a slowdown in the Chinese economy, especially among young people whose unemployment rate is high.  Interestingly, young Chinese women are choosing to stay single and not having children. The Chinese Communist Party, a few years ago,… Read More »