Unearned Moral Superiority 

[May 11, 2025]  In a podcast on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast #877, Dr. Jordan Peterson discussed the growing phenomenon of unearned moral superiority.  Joe Rogan’s podcast is the most popular on social media, sometimes reaching tens of millions of views across platforms. Dr. Peterson explains to us that the idea of unearned moral superiority comes from I’ve… Read More »

Cheating in America’s Military Academies

By | April 29, 2025

[April 29, 2025]  A recent article by Lt. Col Ken Segelhorst, USA retired, tells the tale of our nation’s elite military academies and the surge in academic cheating.  He is alarmed by this growing pattern of cheating that, at one time, meant immediate expulsion from the academies.  No longer. “Once rare and met with mass expulsions, large-scale cheating… Read More »

The Best Leaders Admit Mistakes Quickly

By | April 26, 2025

[April 26, 2025] The general rule of leadership is to own up to any mistake you make and do so quickly. In particular, this is true for experienced leaders. Reasons for admitting your mistakes are many and will be listed here. Exemptions, however, for not admitting a mistake are exceedingly rare. One unfortunate exception to admitting one’s mistakes… Read More »

Former Columbia President Armstrong’s “Amnesia”

By | April 8, 2025

[April 8, 2025]  Former Columbia University President Dr. Katrina Armstrong has “amnesia” when it comes to her students calling for the destruction of Israel and that Jewish students were threatened and assaulted. Further, her amnesia extended to not recalling that Columbia faculty described Jewish donors as “wealthy white capitalists” who “laundered blood money.” Any experienced leader would be… Read More »

The Quest for Adventure 

By | April 5, 2025

[April 5, 2025]  I’ve been curious – all my life – about my desire for a quest for adventure, a quest purposefully sought. But I never understood why, especially why a scared little kid would want to seek such a quest. I would later learn, through the works of Joseph Campbell and Jordan Peterson, that my childish and… Read More »