Author Archives: Douglas R. Satterfield
[December 24, 2022] Looking back on the many television shows I watched growing up, one of my favorites was The Honeymooners, starring Jackie Gleason. The show follows the lives of New York City bus driver Ralph Kramden (Gleason), his wife Alice, Ralph’s best friend Ed Norton and Ed’s wife, Trixie. Most episodes revolve around Ralph’s poor choices in… Read More »
[December 23, 2022] Modern movies are awful. They often have a “female hero” (the perfect hero without flaw, fear, or blemish) substituting for the male hero, who traditionally rides in to save the day. These modern movies have failed at the box office. I’m not surprised at all. Here is something to think about, something about the real… Read More »
[December 22, 2022] Many years ago, while I was struggling with the U.S. Army, an old, grizzled sergeant told me something I would never forget. He told me that being a real man was a serious business and that the Soldiers with me were essential to the world and that each of us had value and if we… Read More »
[December 21, 2022] Lynn Pitts is one of those “go-to” people I like to have on my short list of those who can get-er-done. I asked her to review Operation Mincemeat (2022) because it’s based on a true story and is not a typical, shoot-em-up, death and destruction war movie with ear-splitting violence. It’s more about out thinking… Read More »
[December 20, 2022] Russia is on the verge of losing thousands of soldiers in an upcoming and crushing defeat on the battlefield. Before the war, I knew Ukrainian soldiers were good since the U.S. Army had trained with them since 2015. Their technical savvy and innovativeness were noteworthy. Like many, I was happily surprised at the resilience and… Read More »
[December 19, 2022] Chinese and American relations are about to fail. That has been only a matter of time for many years now and only a matter of what issue finally puts a nail in the China-US relation coffin. It could be what the U.S. President says openly, or it could be energy, food, security, trade, genocide, or… Read More »
[December 18, 2022] Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical analyst and author. He also posts to YouTube about once a day and focuses on China and other modern-day issues affecting the world. My article today concerns Zeihan’s thoughts on recent developments in China regarding how its leadership deals with COVID. There is a situation in China with COVID that… Read More »
[December 17, 2022] Two days ago, at a program on a new VA program to reduce military veteran suicides, I was taken aside by Michael Merlino, who runs the Veterans Matter Livestream Broadcast. Mike is one of the good guys, the kind of person you would want in your foxhole during a fight. He told me that YouTube… Read More »
[December 16, 2022] I have a book signing this weekend. A local store, One Nation 1776, located in Historic Smithville Village, will be hosting the event Saturday, 11 am to 4 pm. That’s five hours of signing, but I’m sure I can hang in there. My wife Nancy will be there to help and will be the show’s… Read More »
[December 15, 2022] If you are being required to do things that make you weak and ashamed … then stop, don’t do them. One of the critical messages from Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn and Victor E. Frankl was that things could go terribly out of control when people don’t stop them when they’re mildly out of control. Many of… Read More »