Author Archives: Douglas R. Satterfield
[November 16, 2024] This is an untidy, chaotic story from the culture of the Deep South, so read my experience with that in mind. I smacked the groom in the mouth on his wedding day. My behavior may seem awful, but hold your judgment and hear me out. I was at a hillbilly wedding conducted just south of… Read More »
[November 15, 2024] President-elect Donald Trump just announced his pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. The choice took me by surprise but only because I knew very little about him and he is atypically young. I’d planned on writing about Pete becoming SECDEF but NY Post writer Miranda Devine wrote that she is an enthusiastic supporter of… Read More »
[November 14, 2024] Reporting on North Korean (DPRK) soldiers fighting alongside Russians in the Ukraine War has given us little factual information about their effectiveness on the battlefield. What few dispatches we have received led us to believe their soldiers are performing poorly. Russia’s manpower shortage and need for more equipment and ammunition are driving Putin into the… Read More »
[November 13, 2024] Under President Biden and Kamala Harris, FEMA has been slow to respond to hurricanes this year, which includes slow aid delivery, failure to quickly and accurately assess damage areas, and lacking knowledgeable leadership on the ground. Now we discover another massive scandal when it came out that FEMA workers have been directed to bypass the… Read More »
[November 12, 2024] In an interview with Ritchie Herron, Ritche tells us of his experiences with “transitioning from a man to a woman.” This is another story of the horror and malevolence of the medical and our political establishments. Richie is “pissed off” with those who actively encouraged him to transition, them saying he was the ideal candidate… Read More »
[November 10, 2024] In the early days of my military career, I thought it important to copy the behavior and speech of those known to be the very best leaders. It came naturally, it seemed to me at the time, to find out what those leaders did when they were not “working” – for example, what they were… Read More »
[November 9, 2024] “We’re moving to Little Rock!” our Dad announced off-handedly as if it were nothing out of the ordinary. But in just a few short weeks, the family was pulling up stakes, packing our suitcases, saying our goodbyes, and leaving behind the lives we’d come to love. The Missouri Pacific Railroad kept giving our Dad new… Read More »
[November 8, 2024] Out of the blue, I received a call from Father Drucker – the Doo Wop Priest – introducing me to Heather Sliwinski, the CEO and founder of a wonderful non-profit called the Honor and Courage Foundation. We often hear of nonprofits that help Veterans’ causes, but this organization is one of the best: trustworthy, helpful,… Read More »
[November 7, 2024] I’m no politician but I do have a good finger on the pulse of most Americans, and like many, I’ve got some common sense too. What lost Kamala Harris the presidential election this past Tuesday was her attitude of moral superiority. She simply saw herself as better than the average American citizen. And, her campaign… Read More »
[November 6, 2024] A few years ago, I wrote an article on why do we people follow bad leaders. The answer to this important question is complex and not always easy to explain; this is why we don’t see much written on the topic. The problem we must struggle to overcome early in any discussion revolves around the… Read More »