Category Archives: Information

USA: A Divided Nation

By | August 18, 2016

[August 18, 2016]  I’ve been meaning to write about this subject for some time now but haven’t quite figured out how to approach it without sounding too pedantic.  The United States is a divided nation; one that witnesses a divisiveness in its rhetoric, behavior, laws, and customs … ever more so daily.  Divisions are growing and our political… Read More »

Leaders, Miscommunication, and a Leader Lesson

By | August 13, 2016

[August 13, 2016]  Politicians provide fertile examples of leaders with communications problems; giving us valuable lessons.  There is no other profession that experiences such a high degree of miscommunication, errors, omissions, and deliberate commissions of the corruption of information than a politician. It is serious business for a leader to talk and write with absolute clarity; to make… Read More »

Hope is Not a Plan

By | August 12, 2016

[August 12, 2016]  I taught at the college level part-time for many years.  It gave me an appreciation for what young adults lack in skills, view as an outlook on life, and in their personal motivations.  The one thing I found common among them was that they consistently lacked a plan for life and rely on “hope” as… Read More »

Political Participation by Military Personnel

By | August 6, 2016

[August 6, 2016]  There was a time when U.S. military personnel refused to participate in anything that was political or even register to vote in elections because it would be seen as inappropriate interference.  Basic rules that govern military behavior today provide some restrictions on what currently serving military members can and cannot do politically when in uniform. … Read More »