[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 »
[October 16, 2025] I’ll be highlighting The Savage Narrator channel today, which has done a good job of telling us there are things to kick out of your life. In a video called 10 Things You Must Quietly Eliminate from Your Life | Don’t Tell a Soul, we see that some toxic habits and attachments quietly destroy our… Read More »
[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 »
[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 »
[September 13, 2025] John Hinderaker, a writer for PowerLineBlog.com, put out an article on violence in America. He was on radio and television shows hosted by liberals. He was asked what he thought was the best way to reduce political violence. His answer was to stop calling everyone you disagree with Adolf Hitler. I found it interesting that… Read More »
[August 30, 2025] The book was in my mailbox, a surprise from a fan who thought I might like reading about Army Engineers in World War II. The book, First Across the Rhine: The 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany (1989) by Colonel David E. Pergrin, was somehow familiar to me. After looking through my… Read More »
[August 27, 2025] In all my school years, including work on a PhD that I did not finish, there are some critical skills that I did not learn. This was not about proper teaching methods or a failure of the school, teachers, and my parents, or a lack of technology, school conditions, or state money funding my education. … Read More »
[August 21, 2025] Game 7 of the Baseball World Series was the first ball game I ever watched on television. My family did not own a television set at the time, so I watched the October 1962 game from the home of a good friend. It was something new for me, but what I remember most about the… Read More »
[August 6, 2025] Nearly 35 years ago as a Captain in the U.S. Army, I struggled with the concept of applying leadership principles; what they were and their relevance to a small military unit. I commanded a 270-soldier Engineer company that had as its mission to construct structures and build roads. Did my leader guidance at the time… Read More »
[August 4, 2025] The CEO of British carmaker Jaguar recently resigned after crashing his company’s sales by a massive 97.5% in April compared to previous years. The obvious question is why. There is a crucial lesson to learn from this failure of any prominent Executive who adopts a Woke ideology. The latest Jaguar advertisement shows a group of… Read More »