[March 15, 2023] You have nothing better to do than to be right. That is at the heart of being a person; one who knows what is good, acts properly, does not break in the face of evil or tragedy, and stands with those who are weak and defenseless. A young Army Officer asked me the other day… Read More »
[March 14, 2023] In 1960, a small group of boys sat in a movie theater to watch the second movie any of them had seen; the first was King Kong. All I remember from it was the finale’s Roman chariot race in MGM film Ben Hur (1959). We sat there, eyes open wide and transfixed. It should be… Read More »
[March 12, 2023] People are not after being happy. They are interested in not being hurt. Most folks do not want to be bubbly, enthusiastic, and full of laughter and smiles. That is not what they mean by “I want to be happy.” They mean, “I don’t want to be anxious or in pain.” People want to avoid… Read More »
[March 11, 2022] “Learn to connect the dots, Satterfield.” My commander was on my case about not properly using our military intelligence to properly position my Infantry Company in an upcoming training battle. I thought I was doing a good job, obviously not. I was not able to make the mental leap from the many intell inputs to… Read More »
[March 7, 2023] Can we learn from war? What lessons can we learn for future wars? Is war inevitable? Do we get our history right about war? Of course, there are exceptions about getting history right and Mark Moyar does exactly that in his latest book, Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965-1968 (700+ pages) and answers these questions. … Read More »
[March 6, 2023] Since a young age, as far back as I can remember, I was fascinated by stories told by my mother and grandmother (Bigmama, as we called her). But also those told by the many military veterans who lived in the small town where my family settled. I would call them ‘great stories’ in my unsophisticated… Read More »
[March 5, 2023] For decades, being a U.S. military man and having lived overseas has allowed us to date and marry women from other nations. Go to any military base, and you will see this for yourself. Recently, that phenomenon exploded into a massive trend of men from all walks of life going elsewhere outside the United States… Read More »
[March 4, 2023] Think briefly about what Adolf Hitler should have done if he wanted to win the war. He would have enslaved the Jews and the Gypsies and worked them all to support his war effort toward victory. Of course, he wanted to liquidate them, but logic would say he would kill them only after he had… Read More »
[March 3, 2023] Scott Johnson of PowerLineBlog.com writes today about lawyer shaming (access his article here). By trade, Scott is a lawyer with plenty of legal experience and understands the quirks of the legal profession. Scott takes up a progressive problem in America and elsewhere in the West that I noticed but could not untangle. He does an… Read More »
[March 1, 2023] The importance of writing cannot be understated. The best way to improve your thinking, develop your logic, and expand your ability to function well is to learn to write. The difficulty in learning to write is that it is time intensive. When I accept (or reject) guest articles in my leadership blog, the best ones… Read More »