[July 29, 2021] The complaint that our education system is failing us has been around since Socrates. In more recent centuries, when that “system” – the formal application of state-sponsored teaching – is corrupted, the result has been the downfall of nations. Education is the soul of society. Our failure as responsible members of our communities to address… Read More »
[July 28, 2021] There is an unwritten, rarely spoken-about guide to the Boy Scouts. Anything that detracts from developing boys to make them better men needs to be jettisoned by the wayside. So what is it about the current changes in the Boy Scouts that do not meet those criteria? Mark Pulliam, a retired lawyer and writer, makes… Read More »
[July 26, 2021] I’ve been a baseball fan since before I can remember. My dad and I would watch games, especially when “our team,” the New York Yankees, played. Last year I stopped watching when players began doing stupid stuff that involved disrespecting America. Major League Baseball has decided to throw in its lot with the Democrat Party… Read More »
[July 25, 2021] For four decades, I served the United States as a Soldier, and I entered service at the lowest rank, Private. Today, I put some thoughts on paper for the sacrifices of my military compatriots, as they were part of American’s honorable past and present. The writing of this article is easy; serving your nation is… Read More »
[July 24, 2021] The Cleveland Indians baseball team has officially announced yesterday that they will be renamed the Cleveland Guardians at the end of this season. The announcement came in a video on their social media site. The decision shows us that when you go stupid, sometimes you go stupid all the way. Cleveland opted to change its… Read More »
[July 22, 2021] Some of us tend to dismiss the idea that people were smart or moral in the past. Not only do I don’t see it this way, but I also stake my way of doing business on the fact that there is much to learn from others. Yesterday, I listed eight leadership lessons from a U.S.… Read More »
[July 21, 2021] In an article from several years ago, U.S. Army First Lieutenant Scott Ginther provides us with junior leadership lessons from his experience as a Platoon Leader in Afghanistan. They are worthwhile and stand out as an example of learning the right way.1 Here are the first eight of them: You are still not a trigger-puller:… Read More »
[July 20, 2021] Teddy Roosevelt once said that, “With self-discipline most anything is possible.” Based on experience and study, I believe that the proper development of our own life and discipline requires us to work for a bad boss. Good people need a bad boss to teach us how not to act. A bad boss shows us the impact of their efforts;… Read More »
[July 19, 2021] Operation Frequent Wind was the final evacuation of the U.S. from South Vietnam before the fall of Saigon. Before the Communist takeover of the country, people were wise to leave in any way they could. Many enduring photographs captured our hurried inglorious departure. President Joe Biden recently ordered the immediate departure of the U.S. military… Read More »
[July 18, 2021] Years ago, while deployed to Iraq, I provided some “common sense advice” to the U.S. Embassy staff in the old Green Zone, Baghdad. After a couple of days, I witnessed far too much dysfunction and laziness. I was never fond of the Department of State and maybe never will be. Now, I hear that the… Read More »