[September 6, 2026] It’s been since late June since I last posted a Sunday Morning in Pictures. My wife says I’m “too serious” again. Fair enough. Then Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, handed the internet a gift. In the middle of a real trade fight with the United States, he told Washington to “stop doing memes, stop… Read More »
[September 3, 2026] In eight days, we will be honoring those who died in the most horrific and unprovoked attack on American soil this century. A year and six months after 911, American troops would be attacking Iraq, while I would be there shortly after the initial invasion. My article today is a throwback to that time in… Read More »
[September 2, 2026] If people are not listening to you, then stop talking to them. As far as advice goes on making you a better person, that is one to take to heart. If you stop talking to them, and start watching and listening to them, they will tell you what they’re up to. But if you have… Read More »
[August 30, 2026] Matthew Continetti’s piece “Inoculated Against Tyranny” is worth reading and thinking about. He says the American Revolution did not turn into a slaughterhouse because the men who made it built walls around power and left room for God. That is not a small claim. It is the difference between a country that still stands and… Read More »
[August 27, 2026] You’ll be happy to hear there’s a new revision of one of the military reading lists available! Tom Copeland, once again has done the leg work necessary to bring the best books to your attention. Here is his latest effort with the CIA, and definitely worth your time. The Craft of Intelligence: America’s Legendary Spy… Read More »
[August 17, 2026] My favorite leader of all time is Hopalong Cassidy. He was a cowboy and a TV fictional character on a show by the same name; that came out in the late 1940s. I liked him because he always got the bad guy without ever sacrificing his morals or getting his friends killed. He was the… Read More »
[August 15, 2026] As regular readers of my website know, I don’t endorse politicians because most are untrustworthy. Congressman Brandon Gill is an exception. I don’t know him personally, but I’ve seen him work on Capitol Hill, and I like what I see. Regardless of where you live, and only if you’re an American citizen, please contribute to… Read More »
[August 13, 2026] I recently came across a classic Prof. Jordan Peterson lecture on the Daily Wire as he discussed the power of writing about your own future. I found that a fascinating idea; to sketch out your future in writing and about where you might be in the near future. One thing we all know is that… Read More »
[August 8, 2026] Over the past few days, after Dr. Anthony Fauci refusal to testify before Congress, there has been a renewed interest in how we look at the real lessons learned from the COVID pandemic. We were all affected, perhaps in ways we might not yet understand. Below are a few of the lessons taken from a… Read More »
[July 26, 2026] And there it was … the Dotted Checkerspot butterfly that my friend David and I had been searching for ever since his mother first told us about it. The year was 1968, and the world around us was changing dramatically and quickly. That turbulence formed part of the background for why two boys would spend… Read More »