[March 6, 2023] Since a young age, as far back as I can remember, I was fascinated by stories told by my mother and grandmother (Bigmama, as we called her). But also those told by the many military veterans who lived in the small town where my family settled. I would call them ‘great stories’ in my unsophisticated… Read More »
[March 5, 2023] For decades, being a U.S. military man and having lived overseas has allowed us to date and marry women from other nations. Go to any military base, and you will see this for yourself. Recently, that phenomenon exploded into a massive trend of men from all walks of life going elsewhere outside the United States… Read More »
[March 4, 2023] Think briefly about what Adolf Hitler should have done if he wanted to win the war. He would have enslaved the Jews and the Gypsies and worked them all to support his war effort toward victory. Of course, he wanted to liquidate them, but logic would say he would kill them only after he had… Read More »
[March 3, 2023] Scott Johnson of PowerLineBlog.com writes today about lawyer shaming (access his article here). By trade, Scott is a lawyer with plenty of legal experience and understands the quirks of the legal profession. Scott takes up a progressive problem in America and elsewhere in the West that I noticed but could not untangle. He does an… Read More »
[March 2, 2023] You want disagreeable people around you, especially if you are responsible for anything. The reason is those who are most disagreeable will tell you what they think and are blunt about it. One of the best predictors in life is the trait of conscientiousness. Those folks value hard work, rules, order, reliability, integrity, and structure,… Read More »
[February 25, 2023] In the Mel Brooks’ movie, Being There (1979), starring Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLaine, a man who has been shuttered his entire life is now free of those constraints. Sellers’ character has never ‘been there,’ and the innocence and lack of perspective shows to make this one of the best movies from that era. For… Read More »
[February 24, 2023] In an unexpected turn, U.S. President Joe Biden visited the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, to meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy to reaffirm the U.S-Ukraine relationship and to promise additional aid. Before this meeting, U.S. Vice President Harris declared that Russia has “committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine.” These declarations represent a significant shift in U.S. policy on… Read More »
[February 22, 2023] No sane person would recommend to someone they love to have an abortion. Abortion is wrong. Thus, its extensive use as part of “health care” is a sign of an immature culture that values death over life. Sadly, abortion is not just legal, but it is also vigorously celebrated. To counter this trend, the organization,… Read More »
[February 21, 2023] Here is an indisputable fact; marriage and children will be the best thing in a man’s life. This is true across all cultures and as far back as we can ascertain from ancient writings. From that fact, there is advice we can give to men seeking marriage that will be beneficial for all; the spouse,… Read More »
[February 19, 2023] Today is the anniversary of the first day of the invasion of Iwo Jima during World War 2. Of all the battles, this is one of the most famous and most brutal. But the battle gave the Allies a wake-up call of what was to come as our forces closed on mainland Japan. Four days… Read More »