Discussing Election Integrity will get you Banned

By | July 15, 2021

[July 15, 2021]  I experimented with my Facebook page last week, the one still standing and on search engines built into social media algorithms.  I wrote about how there were questions of election integrity in the latest election, November 4, last year.  To my surprise, my Facebook posts disappeared, and my searches on this website at theLeaderMaker.com dropped… Read More »

Two Truths about Race

By | July 13, 2021

[July 13, 2021]  I have written about race and leadership in the past here in my leadership blog, but mostly I ignore the topic because I do not believe race is a significant factor.  Leadership is learned; we are not born with it.  Thus, I have always held that it matters not our race, gender, national origin, etc.,… Read More »

Is Cuba on the Road to Freedom?

By | July 12, 2021

[July 12, 2021]  Cuba has one of the most repressive governments in the world.  Its Communist dictatorship has an iron grip that manages to keep everyone in poverty, except those in the highest echelons of government (and they live richly).  Yesterday, demonstrations for freedom broke out on the island.  The New York Times (behind a paywall) acknowledges the… Read More »

Abraham Lincoln Approves the Medal of Honor

By | July 11, 2021

[July 11, 2021]  The U.S. Civil War had been raging for nearly two years.  President Abraham Lincoln wanted some way to recognize the heroic actions that helped the Union in its fight.  He signed a resolution establishing the United States Army Medal of Honor.1  It was awarded to noncommissioned officers and privates for gallantry in action and other… Read More »

Importance of Books in our Lives

By | July 8, 2021

[July 8, 2021]  Books are said to be a person’s best companion. Especially to a student, who acquires knowledge from it and gets help to overcome particular failures of life. Books brings about a positive change in a persons’ life by changing his perceptions towards different situations. Either in a good or an adverse condition, books prove to… Read More »

Thomas Sowell: a ‘Maverick’ Leader

[July 7, 2021]  From my early college days, I was intrigued by the writing of various “mavericks”1 who tested my limits of understanding the difference between good and evil.  One of these men was Thomas Sowell.2  When I read his 1972 book, “Black Education: Myths and Tragedies,” I was hooked. I have always looked to find different ways… Read More »

The FBI in Decline: Another Update

[July 6, 2021]  FBI scandals continue to pop up like Prairie Dogs on an open Texas field.  From deep-sixing of essential documents, revealing top-secret information to the media, spying on U.S. citizens without a warrant, stonewalling Congressional investigations, this dishonorable list goes on and on.  Are people finally starting to take notice?  The problem?  The FBI weaponizes investigations… Read More »