[February 17, 2024] If you are one of the many fans of Ammo Grrrll, Susan Vass, at PowerLineBlog, then you’ve already read her latest rant on telling lies and the harm it does. Yesterday, she nailed it with one of her best pieces of mockery and sarcasm. I’ll let you decide if I’m right. I call this Ammo… Read More »
[February 16, 2024] Understanding the thinking of your enemies and friends is at the pinnacle of successful senior leadership. An old military saying says the best way to win is to “get into the mind of your enemy.” Lately, with the Tucker Carlson interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, we’ve seen several “experts” trying to do just that. … Read More »
[February 14, 2024] First things first: Happy Valentine’s Day! Now, on to a more serious topic. Do U.S. military Generals and Admirals take cognitive tests? The answer is ….. wait for it … “NO.” That is the answer for good or bad, and I think the reason is that these senior leaders are surrounded by brutally honest professionals… Read More »
[February 13, 2024] Alexandr Solzhenitsyn wrote that “the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.”1 If it were only so easy to find evil people and remove them. Solzhenitsyn’s idea is that this is impossible. But some good news, the rescue of two hostages out of southern Gaza. The daring rescue is… Read More »
[February 7, 2024] You may wonder why I’m writing about Nazi Ernst Udet, a man who oversaw the failure of the German Luftwaffe during the early years of WW2. I found that studying leadership failures is a fast-track way of learning to be better at what you do. But, more importantly, the lesson for senior leaders is to… Read More »
[February 4, 2024] The war of ideas is ON. Dr. Jordan Peterson, psychologist and bestselling author, just lost the appeal that ordered him to undergo “remedial social media training” because of what he believes. His “debauchery” was for tweeting his opinions, something Canada’s College of Psychologists of Ontario did not like. “Canada’s constitution guarantees freedom of conscience, religion,… Read More »
[February 3, 2024] Headlines read, “America and Iran step closure to the brink of war.” The question that’s answer puzzles senior military and political leaders today in America is whether our appeasement of Iran will lead to a war with Iran. The answer is yes. Political appeasement is dangerous, and history tells us that it often does not… Read More »
[February 1, 2024] Earlier this week, large numbers of French farmers surrounded the city of Paris in protest of the EU’s Green Deal. Thousands of harvesters, tractors, trailers, and other farm vehicles blocked major highways in and out of Paris, Lyon, Limoges, and Toulouse. Like other farmers from Ireland and Germany, they are joining a Europe-wide fightback against… Read More »
[January 31, 2024] Here is a fact that all military personnel know: weak leadership always backfires and will get you killed. The unnecessary U.S. Soldier deaths in Jordan a few days ago in an outpost in Jordan, killed by an Iranian proxy using a drone, is due to weak political leadership in America. This is not my opinion;… Read More »
[January 30, 2024] Several years ago, I wrote that the United Nations was not worth the cost because it has failed to uphold its mission: to prevent war. I wrote my War College thesis with this very headline, and my conclusion then, as it is now, is the same. There is no place for the UN within a… Read More »