Category Archives: Leadership

Scott Bessent: Economic Hero

By | November 14, 2025

[November 14, 2025]  Occasionally someone comes along at the highest political level that knows what he’s doing and uses those accumulated skills quite effectively.  Scott Bessent is the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and probably one of the smartest economic advisors to a U.S. President that America has ever had.  For that reason alone, I see him as… Read More »

We Hire and Admit Morons

By | November 10, 2025

[November 10, 2025] In a brutally honest email sent to the “Penn community” declared that the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education is a “dogshit and elitist institution” and that they “hire and admit morons.”  As to be expected in damage control, Penn administrators immediately labeled the email as fraudulent. I got a laugh out of it.… Read More »

Questioning Leadership

By | October 30, 2025

[October 30, 2025] An American tradition, one that has historically distinguished the citizens of the United States from their European ancestors, is questioning their leadership. It is not a sign of disrespect but rather a sign of healthy debate about right versus wrong.  Political, military, and business leaders are scrutinized for their decisions and personal conduct. I suggest… Read More »

Rule 57: Drink Bad Coffee

By | October 29, 2025

[October 29, 2025]  Drink bad coffee; no sugar, no cream, regular brewed coffee and avoid drinking fancy, shop-made, yuppie-sipping, fancy-flavored coffee.  Avoid complexity and unneeded activities and expenses.  Live a simpler life.  Have less stress by not trying to be like other people.  It’s best to not try “keeping up with the Jones’ next door.” Learn to be… Read More »

War Veteran Odysseus

By | October 28, 2025

[October 28, 2025]  The stories of our war Veterans returning home are often disregarded as trivial and irrelevant.  Besides that, we hear that these stories are not new.  True enough!  But one such story involves Homer’s epic work, “The Odyssey,” which is about Odysseus’ returning home after Troy.  It deserves mentioning because it shows how not all returning… Read More »

Arlington Ladies: Volunteerism

By | October 26, 2025

[October 26, 2025]  Yesterday, I received a call from radio host Joe Griffies, who will have on his show today a representative of The Arlington Ladies.  These are ladies (and one gentleman) who volunteer at Arlington National Cemetery to be present at every funeral without exception.  Volunteerism in America is a strong tradition, and America leads the world… Read More »