[May 18, 2025] I’ve always thought that shaming is a great way to push people toward good and moral behavior. Maybe that’s why I was attracted to Gas Station Encounters on YouTube, exposing thieves by showing them shoplifting. I don’t know who narrates their shorts, but that guy has a job waiting for him on national radio. The… Read More »
[April 28, 2025] More than a decade ago, I wrote an opinion piece that ran against the thinking of many prominent military senior leaders and politicians when I said that there was not enough use of shame as a way of modifying human behavior. The average person walking the streets of America today may or may not agree… Read More »
[June 3, 2021] Army Vet writes to us today to warn us of the destruction of readiness in the U.S. Army and, by extension, all our Armed Forces. He places the blame on the wussification of our military on the shoulders of weak senior military leaders. Good leadership is NOT about creating a safe environment where people feel… Read More »
By guest blogger Ernest M. Kennedy III [See Biography] [April 14, 2015] In helping fight the wars of the United States, I gained a personal and up-close view of the human depravity of war, the particular ignominy of Communist aggression, and the shame of those Americans who degraded our returning servicemen. As I age, the Vietnam War gains… Read More »
[January 22, 2014] Just yesterday a good friend of mine said that the reason so many people act with disrespect (without regard to others), is the lack of “shame” in our society. Leadership today means, he stated, that we must go out of our way to ensure that the guilty are not in any way publically embarrassed (shamed)… Read More »
[June 12, 2025] Of all my combat tours in the Iraq War, this one would provide my Facilities team and me with the greatest responsibilities and hardest challenges. I was lucky in many aspects of this job, including having some truly professional-level officers working for me, highly educated, experienced, and – importantly – dedicated to getting the job… Read More »
[June 2, 2025] Italy’s firebrand Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni is back in the news for taking on France’s President Emmanuel Macron for calling Italy ‘irresponsible’ and ‘disgusting’ over immigration. PM Meloni didn’t just hit back, she slam-dunked Macron. “Emmanuel Macron described us as disgusting, cynics, and irresponsible. And here the Italian press began to ask, ‘Did you hear… Read More »
[May 31, 2025] Grow up and go on an adventure. Take on some responsibility. You are answerable to your destiny. A mature adult is a person with the instinctive desire to adopt responsibility for one’s self and others and do so willingly. So stop acting like a 10-year-old and get on with it. “It takes courage to grow… Read More »
[May 24, 2025] Over these next few days, I’m going to highlight a few stories that I think regular readers might enjoy. Memorial Day is special day of remembrance for me, like it was to the World War One Doughboy next door that is the subject of this article. He came over to shake my hand. My new… Read More »
[May 21, 2025] This past weekend Pope Leo XIV was inaugurated in Rome and saw thousands turnout for this momentous event. But what does it mean for the Roman Catholic faith? Will the new Pope return Catholicism to its Biblical roots? Pope XIV confirms that the family is founded on the stable union between a man and a… Read More »