[July 28, 2014] Often called the “most dangerous 8 seconds in sports,” bull riders are in a class of their own. Taking your chances to ride a really angry, incredibly large bull can means that you are one of the few who can make it in a popular, extreme sport. Others would likely define it as something a… Read More »
[July 26, 2014] The war on terror that the United States has fought since the shocking events of September 11, 2001 has been directed at al Qaeda and its many affiliates throughout the world. But, the war began before America even knew it was at war. Today’s reading list choice is about one of those attacks pre-dating the… Read More »
[July 25, 2014] A small group of friends and I had our first taste of college life after graduating from high school. We were all engineer majors and figured that since we knew nothing about their trigonometry courses we would take one our first summer. The teacher was smart and dedicated but his accent made us struggle to… Read More »
[July 19, 2014] The current immigration debate is really about political power. The rhetoric coming from Washington DC would make it appear that the United States is on a humanitarian mission to save families form Central and South America. There is no argument that when historians look back on these years, they will see that the costs to… Read More »
[July 16, 2014] If you were standing in the New Mexico desert, just south of Santa Fe on this date in 1945, you would have seen the first nuclear explosion and the beginning of a new age in warfare. Sixty-nine years ago today the Manhattan Project, also called Project Y, came to a successful end with the explosion… Read More »
[July 14, 2014] It was 1916. If you were part of General Pershing’s punitive expedition against Poncho Villa, you may have been riding one of the U.S. Army’s Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Motorization of bicycles in the early 1900s started a movement that has never gone away. Any person who has spent time on a motorcycle understands that “it gets… Read More »
[July 11, 2014] The field of scientific inquiry has made enormous advancements in our quality of life for hundreds of years. “Scientists” are highly regarded as meticulous, smart, hard working, and honest. Today, their work is peer reviewed by other scientists to ensure the work is accurate. Yet, we have just learned that a scientific journal discovered a… Read More »
[July 11, 2014] The reading and study of military history is one of the pillars in a well-rounded education for military professionals. This includes both officers and enlisted personnel. This concept applies to any leader in any organization. While magazines from professional associations are helpful to see the most recent topics at hand, they also allow us a… Read More »
[July 08, 2014] Comedians and politicians appear to be the best at reading their audience. Not to equate them on their level of national importance, of course. They both base their livelihood on their ability to foresee how their audience will react to what they do (telling a joke or debating national security). Predicting the audience reaction is… Read More »
[July 07, 2014] Savage manliness? Running of the bulls in Spain rates with Rugby and Calcio Fiorentino as a sport that requires very special talents. My wife says that those who run with a bunch of bulls chasing them are crazy. I like to think of them as having physical courage mixed with a little insanity. However, it… Read More »