[May 3, 2023] The more experience I gained in the military, the more I learned to appreciate creative people. This way of thinking is not what you typically find in our military services. Early this morning, I ran across a young lady, Abby Cox, a “dress historian, sewist, and elder millennial.” How’s that for an introduction? Especially compared… Read More »
[May 1, 2023] The recent debacle over Bud Light’s leadership failure to address the growing controversy over their pandering to the woke and transgender crowd will be studied in college marketing courses for the next century. This is a classic case of how to fail. A new country-themed Bud Light commercial released Thursday is a throwback to their… Read More »
[April 17, 2023] The importance of eating meals together with others is often overlooked or taken for granted. I wrote a couple of times about this and focused my attention on the pragmatism of what I gained from these meals. In one recent article, I wrote of the reasons to eat your meal with others, but there is… Read More »
[April 15, 2023] Over the past few weeks, as I lay in the hospital bed after major surgery, I thought of the lessons we fail to tell good men. Those lessons I will write about can make good men even better. Better than they ever could think they could be, these lessons deserve to be laid out and… Read More »
[July 27, 2022] For a long, long time, I’ve looked at what made people effective at what they do for a living. The CEOs, politicians, religious figures, military Generals and Admirals the greatest among them, and they each have something in common. They willingly accept responsibility for what they do. There is a common refrain we hear today… Read More »
[July 11, 2022] Ancient tales can teach us much about ourselves and propel our puny understanding of the world to a higher level. The tale of Sleeping Beauty, popularized in the Disney movie Sleeping Beauty (1959), is one such story that can teach us something about leadership. There is an evil element in our world populated by humans… Read More »
[July 2, 2022] Why do people join the U.S. military? Deep down, if you don’t know the answer, then you are not in sync with our country. Young folks join the military to be part of a noble goal to protect and defend the nation; military recruiting efforts tell them so. They may say they join for the… Read More »
[June 27, 2022] Our existence is undeniably riddled with suffering and tragedy. Much of our world is also corrupt and tyrannical and if we don’t believe it, just look at the death and destruction of the 20th century, where evil ideologies took hold and led to the worse slaughter of humans ever recorded. So, why should you bother… Read More »
[June 26, 2022] You are molded and shaped by culture, and as a consequence, you are a historical creature. But culture is corrupt, oppressive, and tyrannical. Implicit in your being is the moral necessity to breathe new life into the ancient culture that has had it way with you. This is the hero and the dragon metaphor, where… Read More »
[June 14, 2022] Today in America, it’s Flag Day. So, what did I do differently? I made a conscious decision that by getting up early, I could write this article in honor of this special day – and do so without distractions. My wife and dog are still asleep. My neighbors are probably asleep as well. No car… Read More »