The Birth of Modern Warfare: Book Review

By | April 1, 2025

[April 1, 2025]  The Washington Free Beacon just published a review of Gregory Carleton’s Crimean Quagmire: Tolstoy, Russell and The Birth of Modern Warfare, and it’s worthwhile to highlight an important historical account that could truly be seen as the birth of modern warfare. Personally, I knew nothing of the Crimean War, a major war between Russia on… Read More »

Gov. Tim Walz for President 

By | March 31, 2025

[March 31, 2025]  These past few weeks, we’ve been witnessing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz crisscrossing America giving Democrat rallying speeches. I think it’s an odds-on favorite that he is setting himself up to run for president of the United States in 2028. I’ve written several times about Walz when he was Kamala Harris’ VP selection (see here, here,… Read More »

The Leadership Toolbox Revisited 

By | March 29, 2025

[March 29, 2025]  Ten years ago, I had a leadership toolbox series and one of those “tools” was the value of formalized leadership courses. Yes, such courses can be valuable, as I noted at the time, but they might not bring about the desired outcome. I noted that the courses’ objective to “transition their understanding from operational/tactical to… Read More »

The Disturbing Logic of Leftists

By | March 26, 2025

[March 26, 2025]  Past Deputy PM of Australia John Anderson recently interviewed journalist Melanie Phillips to get her ideas about the disturbing logic of Western Leftists. She says that Leftists believe themselves morally good because they are Leftists. The interview can be found here at this link. Leftists – which she calls “Liberals” – tell themselves, “I’m a… Read More »

U.S. Navy Admiral Rickover’s Lessons

By | March 25, 2025

[March 25, 2025]  For many decades now, I’ve been a fan of U.S. Navy Admiral Hyman G. Rickover because he could identify, mentor, employ, and retain top-level officers. Rickover spent his entire career in the Navy, and with his exposure to the Oak Ridge Manhattan Project, he recognized the tremendous potential of nuclear technology. Talent, Training, and Leadership … Read More »