D-Day: a day to Honor our WW2 Heroes

[June 6, 2022]  Today is the anniversary of one of the greatest undertakings of humanity.  On June 6, 1944, the Allied nations invaded northern France to begin the final effort to destroy Nazi Germany.  This was the beginning of the end of Hitler’s military control over Europe.  WW2 would end eleven months after D-Day, and Europe would finally… Read More »

The Ukraine War: old-fashioned Attrition Warfare

[June 5, 2022]  The behavior of Russia’s leaders before and during this Ukraine War has been predictable.  They do classic Russian kinetic warfare, better known as old-fashioned attrition warfare.  Yet, every one of the West’s “experts” was wrong and often spectacularly wrong about what Russia would do in such a conflict. The Soviet Union and now Russia’s method… Read More »

Memorial Day 2022

[May 30, 2022]  Each Memorial Day, I write a short reminder to those in my community on what I see as this special day of remembrance.  Below, I’ve copied it in full. This Memorial Day, our Veterans’ Club calls upon its members and our Four Seasons friends and neighbors to join others across the United States in a… Read More »

Know Your Enemy

[May 24, 2022]  Never underestimate your enemy.  The ‘enemy’ symbolically refers to people opposed to you, those with competitive opposing ideas, desires, and missions.  They could be an opposing army, a terrorist group, a strongman dictator, a megalomaniac who wants to destroy the world, or the metaphysical Devil.  The enemy can be as tiny as a drunk friend… Read More »