[September 18, 2025] It’s easy for me to sit back in my easy chair and ask a simple question, one that has gnawed at my mind for many years. Today’s Vietnam Veteran is seeking something. I could not answer what it was. Today, we begin the third day of five, during which a small group of volunteers put… Read More »
[September 15, 2025] Victory Base Complex It was a huge base, a sprawling compound that housed nearly 15,000 military and civilian personnel. Victory Base Complex was unique. It was an amalgamation of ten bases, each with controlled checkpoints, separate utilities, and living areas. At Victory Base, a large contingent of Special Forces, coalition members, and Iraqi National Guard… Read More »
[August 25, 2025] “Watch out for rattlesnakes,” was a warning from my Mom each time I ventured into the woods. Unbeknown to me, at the time, I was being inoculated against the fear of snakes and other dangerous things. The purpose was not to make me less afraid, but to make me braver by experiencing what is harmful. … Read More »
[August 8, 2025] College football coach “Bear” Bryant once said that it’s not the will to win that matters, “it’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” Although a great football coach, Bryant would also have made an exceptional bronco riding coach because preparation is the key to staying on a wildly bucking horse and doing so… Read More »
[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 »
[July 15, 2025] In a recent attempt by Dr. Jordan Peterson and his colleagues, they decided to create an appropriate timeline for young women. The reason is that they have no real guidance. No one tells them that both culture and biology impose severe constraints. “Half of Western women, 30 and under, have no children. Half of them… Read More »
[July 9, 2025] Several days ago, after the tragic loss of life in major flash floods in Central Texas, a number of people were mocking the death of these children and others killed at a Christian academy. One mocking those deaths was a pediatrician named Dr. Christina B. Propst (posting as Chris Tina). There were others, of course,… Read More »
[June 27, 2025] A question that most men think about, especially when they are young, is what is the biggest attraction for women to a man. It turns out, the answer is his comparative status among other men. Dr, Jordan Peterson makes a compelling argument supporting this assertion and like all men, I’ve seen this dynamic play out… Read More »
[June 21, 2025] Gov. Tim Walz is again crisscrossing the country where he “rallies the troops.” And those on the far Left of the Democrat Party need rallying because their cause is crashing with the American people. As the absent Governor of Minnesota, he was saying that Democrats must be “meaner” to Republicans. He tried hard and… Read More »
[June 20, 2025] Last night my computer modem died and the Xfinity store closed early for Junteenth. So, I’m republishing an older article that my readers are sure to like—What is a warrior? Now as soon as I get my Internet back, I’ll be rested and ready. Inevitably, the discussion turned to the question, “What is a warrior?” … Read More »