[December 10, 2025] I often heard from young people wishing to join the Army that they had no direction in their lives. What I found hard to understand was that they actually had a possible solution to their loss of direction in life (by joining the Armed Forces) but somehow had delayed or rejected that decision. The true… Read More »
[December 7, 2025] One of my neighbors, a Navy Veteran, donated a Honolulu Star Bulletin newspaper 1st Extra edition, dated December 7, 1941 to our local Veterans’ Club. What a great gift for our Vets. The headline reads in giant, bold letters, “WAR! OAHU BOMBED BY JAPANESE PLANES.” The newspaper, as described on EBay, an online site, is… Read More »
[December 6, 2025] Many years ago, when I had just finished high school, I knew a guy who was a big blabbermouth, a prankster, and someone not to be taken seriously. What he told me one day was that his life had turned around after graduation; he was on an upward trajectory in his life because he learned… Read More »
[November 25, 2025] Used to living open lives, the best leaders know the unremitting fact that people will see their weaknesses … and people will also comment on those weaknesses. While this may come as a surprise, the passion of the commentators is a twist that strikes leaders like a bolt from the blue. Leaders must know and… Read More »
[November 23, 2025] The Democrat ad reminding our military not to obey “illegal orders” violates a basic governing principle. That principle is we do not bring our military into political squabbles. For that reason, it is an ugly and dangerous move by Dems. Clearly, the ad was intended to create controversy, and draw attention away from the fact… Read More »
[November 16, 2025] We have a moral obligation to study evil and learn how to avoid common mistakes that lead us down the wrong path in life. Watch the Devil. Know his malevolence so that if you are on the wrong path, you can stop, recognize it, turn around, figure out why you took the wrong road, make… Read More »
[November 12, 2025] Being a leader means many things but one thing that is required for those who desire to be successful is to have a good set of social skills. It doesn’t mean that a successful leader is required to have table manners, a pretty smile, or fashionable clothes; although it certainly helps. That is why I… Read More »
[November 8, 2025] Look for generosity and kindness in your friends, especially those who show it across all levels of society. This is a sign of a sincere friend and potential partner. People who are helpful and friendly to those at the lower end of the social hierarchy, such as janitors and servers, and not just kind to… Read More »
[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 »
[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 »