[June 9, 2024] At least we know their priorities. The Pentagon screwed up their PTSD Awareness campaign with their fawning Pride Month posting on social media. In a recent article in FoxNews, it was written that the Department of Defense “made an embarrassing error on social media.” Ya think! FoxNews might have chosen a better adjective. In the… Read More »
[June 8, 2024] One of the advantages of knowing some of the greatest Veterans this nation has ever produced is finding one who is retired from the U.S. Navy and can do a fantastic job as the Emcee. Tom Lamine, a gentleman, Vietnam Veteran and fighter pilot, family man, and all-around great statesman, was that guy. In Atlantic… Read More »
[June 5, 2024] As the foreign policy failures of the Biden Administration continue to mount and wars continue to flare across the globe, we have the White House issuing a note of condolences over the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi. President Raisi, also known as the “Butcher of Tehran,” is an evil man. Before his recent death… Read More »
[June 3, 2024] In a recent posting by Simon Whistler on MegaProjects, he gives us a good discussion on a topic that many might think is mundane or just painfully boring. But when there is an impending major catastrophe about to happen in Iraq when the Mosul Dam fails. Estimates of early deaths range from over half a… Read More »
[June 2, 2024] During the early years of the world’s war on terror, a question dogged our military. It was, “How do we end the war in Iraq and Afghanistan?” In other words, we were seriously looking for an exit strategy, and while we found an answer from U.S. diplomats, it was largely inadequate. Similarly, the U.S. is… Read More »
[May 31, 2024] In Part 1, the strategy of thinking (an analytical tool) was introduced to help us get our thoughts in order. Teaching young people how to think is the beginning for them to learn to advance in a complex and competitive world. They can use it, modify it to suit their needs, and keep it as… Read More »
[May 30, 2024] Young people often find themselves making poor decisions in situations where they are unprepared. Often, the root cause is their lack of understanding of how to think. It is not based on their formal education, which is often good. Teaching young folks how to think is one of the ways those of us who are… Read More »
[May 24, 2024] In 1776 General George Washington feared the superior British Navy might blockade New York City, isolating it from communications with other territory of the American Colonies. Yet when British General William Howe attacked and destroyed the Americans at Gowanus Pass in Brooklyn Heights, he failed to follow-up by storming the Patriot redoubts. This allowed the… Read More »
[May 9, 2024] Bigotry knows no bounds, and it is found wherever we also find an absence of the freedom of speech, religion, and right to assembly. America has been called the land of the free because there is a deep-seated commitment to those values that allow us to discuss what we disagree with openly. America’s Know-Nothing Party,… Read More »
[May 8, 2024] Not long ago, at a week-long Boy Scout camp, I was sitting at a lunch table with a small troop of young boys. I immediately noticed their lack of table manners. We were at our annual campout learning outdoor skills, but just as important, they were learning how to get along with others. They had… Read More »