Category Archives: Leadership

Judging the Character of Others

By | December 5, 2024

[December 5, 2024]  A crucial skill for any leader to possess is the ability to judge the character of others. Leaders are looking for specific traits that predict successful mission completion or are obstacles to teamwork. Sadly, we often see inexperienced leaders who misjudge character, leading to unforeseen problems. I wrote these words in January 2021 after looking… Read More »

We See Our Lives Through Stories

By | December 4, 2024

[December 4, 2024]  There have been some serious discussions in academia, particularly among psychologists, that we see our lives through stories. We can say, with some certainty, that those stories have undergone inspection and reinforcement by people who were part of that story and significant others in our lives.  This helps ensure that any particular story is believable,… Read More »

The Infamous Jaffe Memorandum

By | November 30, 2024

[November 30, 2024]  Throughout the 1960s, there was a credible belief that the expanding world population would drive global starvation and other catastrophic consequences. In response to a request from the U.S. Population Council, Frederick Jaffe wrote a memorandum outlining then-current ideas for population control (reducing total population numbers and growth). At the time, Jaffe was the vice… Read More »

The Boy from Stonewall

By | November 25, 2024

[November 25, 2024]  His name was ”Lex” Walker, and he was from Stonewall, Texas, the same town as the late President Lyndon B. Johnson was from. I didn’t make friends easily in those days.  Maybe it was my outstanding personality (that’s sarcasm) or the Brylcreem hair gel that I used on my head that made me so popular.… Read More »

The Leftist Meltdown Post-Election 

By | November 23, 2024

[November 23, 2024] We are now in the third week since the U.S. presidential election and we are still seeing a Leftist meltdown. In one case, a Memphis, TN florist decided to ban Trump supporters from her business with predictable results. Kristin Wolter made the announcement that her business, Everbloom Designs, would no longer profit from voters who… Read More »