Author Archives: Douglas R. Satterfield
[August 25, 2023] The room smelled of stale cigarette smoke and spilled beer. My uncle DJ (Douglas James, and my namesake) Satterfield, much older than my dad served as a cook in the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. Later in life, he was a long-serving member of the Pine Bluff, Arkansas VFW, where he spent many… Read More »
[August 24, 2023] In March of 2014, just as Russia invaded Crimea in southeast Ukraine, I wrote that the common prediction was Russia would not invade. Therefore, I believed the U.S. would fail to develop a Western-America-centric strategy to stop Russia. I’m not here to say I was right, but to emphasize that it was unacceptable then and… Read More »
[August 23, 2023] I am convinced that when people a hundred years from now look back upon our time, they will be shocked and disgusted by those who supported the abortion of human babies. The civil rights of the unborn are the new struggle for the 21st century, and there is little doubt how this will end. Those… Read More »
[August 22, 2023] Several years ago, I wrote an article that got a lot of attention in U.S. military circles. I told the story of three U.S. Air Force sergeants arrested in South Korea for beating a Korean citizen. And, there were witnesses. I want your opinion on whether the sergeants were right or wrong. It matters because… Read More »
[August 21, 2023] It’s not too early to write about the upcoming U.S. Presidential elections because we are slowly discovering what makes the candidates tick. On the Republican Party side, there are many who declared; on the Democrat Party side, we are hearing little. Vivek Ramaswamy is one of the major contenders. What I like about him is… Read More »
[August 20, 2023] Investigations into what caused the apocalyptic blazes on parts of Maui will continue for years and, to no one’s surprise, the outcome will be unsatisfactory. I’ve often written that when leaders are incompetent, bad things happen. Unfortunately, early information from the Maui fire suggests an unusually high degree of government incompetence that made things much… Read More »
[August 19, 2023] I wouldn’t say I liked school. I never liked school. It’s not that I hated school or was disgusted by it. Going to class every day just wasn’t what I wanted to do. Of course, today, I disapprove of that attitude, it’s not very helpful, and it worked greatly to my disadvantage. Alas, I did… Read More »
[August 18, 2023] Earlier this year, I wrote a popular article titled, Don’t Go to College. I still stick by that advice. And I’m not the only one with that opinion. A New York Post opinion by John Stossel calls college a rip-off and also an “overpriced scam” (link here). Except for the few who want to pursue… Read More »
[August 17, 2023] Overnight, Oliver Anthony became a sensation with his song “Rich Men North of Richmond.” You gotta love this guy. He does something most men talk about but are afraid to do; he lives off-grid in Virginia with his three dogs (gosh, only three dogs?). To put it gently, the song is a big FU to… Read More »
[August 16, 2023] When my brother was five, and I was seven, my father took us on a three-day camping trip down the Sabine River on the Texas-Louisiana border. This would be a “man’s trip,” talking man things, my dad getting to know us better, fishing, cooking over a campfire, sleeping under the open sky, and floating downstream… Read More »