Van Camping: the Adventure

By | November 15, 2025

[November 15, 2025]  I’m of the belief that all humans crave adventure.  I have no way of proving that, but looking at the history of mankind, we can see where this “adventure spirit” to explore and find new pathways into the unknown was driven by those most infected with the call for adventure.  Today, I’m writing about Van… Read More »

Scott Bessent: Economic Hero

By | November 14, 2025

[November 14, 2025]  Occasionally someone comes along at the highest political level that knows what he’s doing and uses those accumulated skills quite effectively.  Scott Bessent is the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and probably one of the smartest economic advisors to a U.S. President that America has ever had.  For that reason alone, I see him as… Read More »

My Top 20 War Movies

By | November 13, 2025

[November 13, 2025]  Occasionally it’s good to take a break from the challenge of the study of leadership.  Today I’m providing my personal list of favorite war movies … those that made an impression on me when I saw them.  Yes, they’re English movies so the list doesn’t include some great, non-English movies. For some reason these movies… Read More »

Veterans’ Day by Joe Griffies

By | November 11, 2025

[November 11, 2025]  Hello General Satterfield, Here we are again celebrating Veterans Day. Sir, this will be my 57th year being home from Vietnam. I guess you can say I am one of the lucky ones. General , even though Veterans Day is a day to remember and thank our living Veterans, it is a day that I… Read More »

We Hire and Admit Morons

By | November 10, 2025

[November 10, 2025] In a brutally honest email sent to the “Penn community” declared that the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education is a “dogshit and elitist institution” and that they “hire and admit morons.”  As to be expected in damage control, Penn administrators immediately labeled the email as fraudulent. I got a laugh out of it.… Read More »

Rule 58: Look for Generosity & Kindness in Friends

By | November 8, 2025

[November 8, 2025] Look for generosity and kindness in your friends, especially those who show it across all levels of society. This is a sign of a sincere friend and potential partner. People who are helpful and friendly to those at the lower end of the social hierarchy, such as janitors and servers, and not just kind to… Read More »