Author Archives: Douglas R. Satterfield
[March 7, 2023] Can we learn from war? What lessons can we learn for future wars? Is war inevitable? Do we get our history right about war? Of course, there are exceptions about getting history right and Mark Moyar does exactly that in his latest book, Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965-1968 (700+ pages) and answers these questions. … Read More »
[March 6, 2023] Since a young age, as far back as I can remember, I was fascinated by stories told by my mother and grandmother (Bigmama, as we called her). But also those told by the many military veterans who lived in the small town where my family settled. I would call them ‘great stories’ in my unsophisticated… Read More »
[March 5, 2023] For decades, being a U.S. military man and having lived overseas has allowed us to date and marry women from other nations. Go to any military base, and you will see this for yourself. Recently, that phenomenon exploded into a massive trend of men from all walks of life going elsewhere outside the United States… Read More »
[March 4, 2023] Think briefly about what Adolf Hitler should have done if he wanted to win the war. He would have enslaved the Jews and the Gypsies and worked them all to support his war effort toward victory. Of course, he wanted to liquidate them, but logic would say he would kill them only after he had… Read More »
[March 3, 2023] Scott Johnson of PowerLineBlog.com writes today about lawyer shaming (access his article here). By trade, Scott is a lawyer with plenty of legal experience and understands the quirks of the legal profession. Scott takes up a progressive problem in America and elsewhere in the West that I noticed but could not untangle. He does an… Read More »
[March 2, 2023] You want disagreeable people around you, especially if you are responsible for anything. The reason is those who are most disagreeable will tell you what they think and are blunt about it. One of the best predictors in life is the trait of conscientiousness. Those folks value hard work, rules, order, reliability, integrity, and structure,… Read More »
[March 1, 2023] The importance of writing cannot be understated. The best way to improve your thinking, develop your logic, and expand your ability to function well is to learn to write. The difficulty in learning to write is that it is time intensive. When I accept (or reject) guest articles in my leadership blog, the best ones… Read More »
[February 28, 2023] My surgery is postposed, bummer! But I’m recovering from a bad case of the disappointments. Some of my daily favorite reading comes from these websites. Let me know if have any to add to the list. American Greatness American Thinker Breitbart City Journal Gatestone Institute Hoover Institute Hugh Hewitt Jewish World Review Law & Liberty… Read More »
[February 26, 2023] Alas, I will be offline for a week due to a planned medical procedure that will keep me off my feet. As regular readers of my leadership blog know, I rarely miss a day without a post. While I will attempt to post during this week, it is unlikely. Since I alone maintain this website,… Read More »
[February 25, 2023] In the Mel Brooks’ movie, Being There (1979), starring Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLaine, a man who has been shuttered his entire life is now free of those constraints. Sellers’ character has never ‘been there,’ and the innocence and lack of perspective shows to make this one of the best movies from that era. For… Read More »