Monthly Archives: July 2025

Don’t Pursue Happiness 

By | July 21, 2025

[July 21, 2025]  Happiness is fleeting and unpredictable.  If you want happiness, drink alcohol and abuse drugs (that’s a bit of sarcasm).  The lesson is don’t pursue happiness. Drug use works, at least in the short term, and it’s cheap and instantaneous.  Of course, alcohol and many drugs destroy the lives of perhaps five to ten percent of… Read More »

Sunday Morning in Pictures XVI

By | July 20, 2025

[July 20, 2025]  Yes, I know that’s it has been since May when I posted my last “Sunday Morning in Pictures” meme series.  I’ve got to be careful not to upset too many Leftists who do actually read my blog.  Oh, never mind.  Here is my 16th Sunday Morning in Pictures.  Enjoy. ———— Please read my books: “55… Read More »

Insurgents and Terrorists 

By | July 19, 2025

[July 19, 2025]  Taken from my 2021 book Our Longest Year in Iraq, I made a crucial distinction between “insurgents” and “terrorists.”  To understand the difference makes us understand them better. In that we failed and regularly made no distinction between a homegrown insurgent and international terrorist. Both were bad but we owed it to our mission to… Read More »

Honor is the Bedrock of Command

By | July 17, 2025

[July 17, 2025]  From the wisdom of the ancient armies, we learn that honor is the bedrock of military command and success on the battlefield.  But today, honor is no longer fashionable. Diversity of race and sex, power, fame, and control are the mainstay of career generals and admirals. “Cynicism, hypocrisy, sentimental reasoning, irrational and naive pacifist banners… Read More »

The Speech Before Battle

By | July 16, 2025

[July 16, 2025]  Before departure, I wanted to ensure my small team understood the ramifications of going to war and what we would be up against.  There would be no going back. This was my speech before battle. The speech, which lasted only two minutes, was printed in “Our Longest Year in Iraq.” The day before we flew… Read More »

SCOTUS Ketanji Jackson: It’s About My Feelings

By | July 14, 2025

[July 14, 2025]  Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is enamored with being on America’s highest court. It would seem that being nominated by an unpopular and questionably competent President would humble her somewhat. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson likes being a member of the Supreme Court. In an interview at the Global Black Economic Forum on Tuesday, Jackson… Read More »

Meet the Blessing Boys

By | July 13, 2025

[July 13, 2025] Today’s Feminist description of men is that masculine men are toxic and dangerous. The consequences of this ideology mean that it is more important than ever to teach young boys about how to be good men.  I’ll be highlighting a stable, sane, moral, prudent, hard-working family. Meet the Blessing Boys. According to Justin Knoop, a… Read More »