Author Archives: Douglas R. Satterfield
[March 4, 2025] Loving your enemies is not appreciated in politics. Mark Siljander, a staunch and controversial Conservative, said this in a recent interview with Dr. Jordan Peterson and, at first, took me by surprise until he explained what he meant. Siljander added that this is why Donald Trump is disdained by neoconservatives. During his first term, Trump… Read More »
[April 2, 2025] At Self Reliance Central, a February 15, 2025 article was published that asked a question most of us would like to know the answer to; “why are Islamists angry at the rest of us?” The short answer is Islamists carry a guilt deep inside them that can never be resolved. That is the conclusion of… Read More »
[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 »
[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 »
[March 30, 2025] The good news was that by the end of February, the weather in Iraq was getting nice, with clear skies and temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. Of course, with Surge units about to arrive and construction in full swing, I was moving about Iraq, seeing how this construction was progressing. There is… Read More »
[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 »
[March 28, 2025] In this article, I’m trying to put into words some new ideas of mine. Here goes … I never understood the power of the physical objects that people hold onto. But now, I can see it in my old, legacy Captain’s Helmet, the identity I have and the memories that it reminds me of. Like… Read More »
[March 27, 2025] If there is one thing I’ve learned in the past decade, it is to pay close attention to Dr. Jordan Peterson’s advice. He gives us another message today for young women. Dr. Peterson warns young women that they are being feed lies that can harm them unless they can see the lies and avoid falling… Read More »
[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 »
[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 »