[March 25, 2025] For many decades now, I’ve been a fan of U.S. Navy Admiral Hyman G. Rickover because he could identify, mentor, employ, and retain top-level officers. Rickover spent his entire career in the Navy, and with his exposure to the Oak Ridge Manhattan Project, he recognized the tremendous potential of nuclear technology. Talent, Training, and Leadership … Read More »
[March 24, 2025] It seems a common perception that the young generation is lazy, disrespectful, misguided, and act like they’re entitled. That view might be something to laugh about but not when it means hiring one of them. So, what are the beliefs of those hiring have about recent college graduates? Yes, we all have an opinion about… Read More »
[March 23, 2025] A special treat today … of course, I would write that … owning a 90-pound Yellow Lab. These Sunday Morning Pictures are now #10 and have generated more comments than my more serious posts. I do hope you enjoy them. If you have a picture to share, please send a link (pictures in the comments… Read More »
[March 22, 2025] As I look back upon those times we were planning and building in preparation to receive the great Surge, I am surprised our Engineers were not attacked while convoying. I suppose luck played a part, as it will do during combat, but there is never an excuse to unnecessarily expose your troops to enemy action.… Read More »
[March 21, 2025] During my last assignment as the 8th U.S. Army wartime engineer, I was highly impressed by our commander, Lt. Gen. John Johnson, because he could take complex ideas and explain them. That is also why I like Dr. Dennis Prager. As he writes in an article from 2023, he was asked to define Leftism. As… Read More »
[March 20, 2025] In 1953, Orson Wells’ The War of the Worlds hit the big screens across the nation. I would see it in 1964, along with my brother Philip, two years my junior. I remember us both being scared of the Martians in their great machines. Perhaps this is what sparked my interest in Science Fiction. Our… Read More »
[March 19, 2025] Theodorus Gerardus Jozef Jansen is a Dutch artist who created The Strandbeest, a mechanical sculpture that moves like a multi-legged insect. He created his first in 1990 and has since made dramatic, creative designs that amaze us. “The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds.” — Theodorus Gerardus Jozef Jansen Art meets… Read More »
[March 18, 2025] Another official trailer for the soon-to-be released Snow White movie remake was released this weekend. If you’re planning to see it, you might just be one of the few in the theater. The movie is going to be a tragic disaster. Disney and the Company’s senior leaders are in damage-control mode and for a long… Read More »
[March 17, 2025] Michael Ramirez is a great political cartoonist and a favorite of mine for many years. In his newsletter yesterday (behind a paywall), he depicts the U.S. Department of Education symbolized as a school bus crashing into a tree of failing grades. “The US education system gets failing grades.” — Michael Ramirez Most folks with kids… Read More »
[March 16, 2025] I knew I could choose from a long list of topics for my new leadership website more than a decade ago. One early article was on U.S. Army core values. And one value seemed an afterthought: selfless service. My question was whether selfless service was a proper value. I believe it is important, and I… Read More »