[February 18, 2024] The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has brought out some of the best and worst in each country, with Russia demonstrating how to conduct both traditional warfare and war crimes simultaneously. It’s an unusual act today when so many have predicted the end of attrition warfare made common by Nazi Germany, Imperialist Japan, and… Read More »
[August 12, 2023] Wow, my phone has been ringing off the hook. The wild and crazy things going on over the past day or so make it hard to dig into the details, so I am putting out one of my ‘clearing the spindle’ articles. Initially, I would write about lessons from the Hawaii wildfires that killed at… Read More »
[July 26, 2023] I must honestly say I may have never read the Constitution of the United States. If I did read it, I really don’t remember when or where. I do recall all during my lifetime. I heard people on TV, people on talk radio read about the Constitution in newspapers. I always heard about our Supreme… Read More »
[June 25, 2023] Two days ago, we began hearing that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenary group had withdrawn from their positions in Ukraine and turned eastward toward Moscow in an alleged attempt to overthrow Vladimir Putin. There is no reliable unclassified confirmation on this, which might be for show or propaganda purposes. Either way, this represents an unexpected and… Read More »
[May 24, 2023] Last year, during my township’s 4th of July parade, I saw a small child stand and salute our Veterans as they passed. These Vets were holding our American and service flags. Some folks came out to hug them, a few sang patriotic songs, and many thanked them for their service. This brought great comfort to… Read More »
[March 19, 2023] Can we predict the outcome of the Ukraine War? Nearly 13 months into the war and the outcome is still uncertain, so even an informed prediction will be suspect. Additionally, extensive Western propaganda, state secrets, and an unofficial and unstable coalition surrounding Ukraine, all combine to make a mess out of any prediction. The Ukraine… Read More »
[February 19, 2023] Today is the anniversary of the first day of the invasion of Iwo Jima during World War 2. Of all the battles, this is one of the most famous and most brutal. But the battle gave the Allies a wake-up call of what was to come as our forces closed on mainland Japan. Four days… Read More »
[February 18, 2023] The takeover of Twitter this past October by Elon Musk and the follow-on investigative reporting of what is known as the “Twitter Files” is one of the most important events of this century. Journalists Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, and a small number of others began to peel back the many layers of deep corruption within… Read More »
[December 19, 2022] Chinese and American relations are about to fail. That has been only a matter of time for many years now and only a matter of what issue finally puts a nail in the China-US relation coffin. It could be what the U.S. President says openly, or it could be energy, food, security, trade, genocide, or… Read More »
[October 8, 2022] Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces on February 24th of this year, the war has demonstrated that what we believe about the conflict is often proved wrong by facts on the ground. Since my article titled Lessons Learned from the Ukraine War, several lessons have come forth. The article identified five lessons;… Read More »