Why Do Political Leftists Love Violence?

By | September 28, 2025

[September 28, 2025]  One doesn’t need to be a keen observer to see that political leftists have turned to violence in advance of their causes.  Some say the violence has become an epidemic.  The real question is why? Mark Steyn, in his article “When the ‘Nice People’ Want to Kill You,” writes: “All that can be said for… Read More »

10 Greatest Lessons from the 20th Century

By | September 27, 2025

[September 27, 2025]  I was sitting in the veterinarian’s waiting room to have my dog, Bella, have a blood draw.  Amazingly, the room is crowded and there are another four Yellow Labs there, looking friendly.  I’ve been thinking recently about lessons learned from the twentieth century, which should be obvious, but they are not.  Few are as visible… Read More »

A Survivor of the Bataan Death March

By | September 24, 2025

[September 24, 2025]  After a week of activities honoring those who fought in the Vietnam War, I was privileged to speak with a woman whose father was a survivor of the Bataan Death March in April 1942.  This is his story, reprinted with permission from his daughter, Barbara. Bataan Peninsula is a mountainous promontory of Luzon Island, part… Read More »

A Turning Point: the Charlie Kirk Memorial

By | September 23, 2025

[September 23, 2025]  I couldn’t let this opportunity go by without commenting on the Charlie Kirk memorial, held this past Sunday.  Attendance was massive by any measure; something like 200,000 with about 70,000 in the stadium. Millions more, like myself, watched online and on television.  The memorial represents something more profound than perhaps we can imagine. Long before… Read More »

The Virtue of Being a Monster

By | September 20, 2025

[September 20, 2025]  This morning, in the early hours as I prepare for the last day of honoring our Vietnam Veterans, I watched a clip of Dr. Jordan Peterson discussing the virtue of being a monster.  I thought to myself, how appropriate his comments were, because that is what our heroes from that war created, virtuous men who… Read More »

Thoughts on Senior Leader Thinking

By | September 19, 2025

[September 19, 2016]  A few years ago, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., there was a discussion at the most senior levels of the U.S. military on “emerging leaders” and senior leader thinking.  I was there.  About a dozen new General/Flag officers were being advised on what would be expected of them in their roles.   Much is expected… Read More »