[February 23, 2026] In his podcast episode The Meaning Of: Hansel & Gretel | EP 564, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson provides a detailed psychological, symbolic, and moral talk about the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. He reads the story aloud while giving us some worthy commentary, framing it as an allegory for family dysfunction, moral failure at home, the… Read More »
[February 5, 2026] “Your job is to get the newspaper as close to their front door as possible.” That’s it; the outgoing paperboy was passing his paper route to a noob, an inexperienced, often confused teenager who had just moved from southern Texas to our new city. But the personality is not the focus of this story. I… Read More »
[December 2, 2025] It only seems like yesterday when I flew into Baghdad aboard a C130 Air Force cargo plane. I had a small team that was to act as the Advanced Party to the 353rd Engineer Group (Construction). In my first book “Our Longest Year in Iraq,” I laid out my thoughts on the Iraq War. Our… 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 17, 2025] A recent Gallup poll in the United States found that almost half say that the government is an “immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens.” While the polling data only goes back to 2003 when the question was first asked, it’s no new revelation. I’ve also written about the decline in the… Read More »
[September 3, 2025] Today marks the 12th anniversary of the start of my leadership blog. It’s certainly been a journey and one that I’m satisfied sufficiently to say it was worth the effort. My writing is better, more concise, and direct. And, I learned a heck of a lot. Those are good and a worthy goals. For today,… Read More »
[September 2, 2025] Never betray your team. The idea of loyalty is as ancient as a human association, although it is often revealed in its opposite (disloyalty, betrayal, ingratitude). The world’s greatest thinkers have studied the notion of human commitments, whether to God or each other, and they regard loyalty as a remarkable virtue worthy of true wonder.… Read More »
[January 25, 2025] Violent illegal immigrants are being detained and deported by ICE. What you see in this clip is the very set of folks who are in our country illegally, conducting violent crimes on Americans, and are supported by those like Joe Biden who harbor these vicious criminals. Why? It has nothing to do with the criminals;… Read More »
[December 5, 2024] A crucial skill for any leader to possess is the ability to judge the character of others. Leaders are looking for specific traits that predict successful mission completion or are obstacles to teamwork. Sadly, we often see inexperienced leaders who misjudge character, leading to unforeseen problems. I wrote these words in January 2021 after looking… Read More »
[November 5, 2024] I ran screaming to my Mom, blood running down my arms and legs. I was maybe seven or eight and had fallen, scraping both elbows and knees and my forehead. I’d hit the ground hard after stumbling over my own feet and landing in gravel on a local hard-pack dirt road. The memory makes me… Read More »