Political Leadership:  Charlie Kirk

By | July 27, 2021

[July 27, 2021]  Charlie Kirk is a conservative political commentator, author, and radio talk show host.  He founded Turning Point USA1 and is its executive director.  Charlie Kirk is an example of young people today pushing back on political extremism based on neo-Marist ideology and the political system that promotes anti-Americanism.  In doing so, he shows us passionate… Read More »

Will I Be Watching Soccer?

By | July 26, 2021

[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 »

The Cleveland Guardians

By | July 24, 2021

[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 »

Thought Leadership Mistakes To Avoid

By | July 23, 2021

[July 23, 2021]  You come to websites like the Leader Maker to read about hard hitting issues, such as how discussing election integrity will get you banned from Facebook. What you won’t read are a bunch of wishy-washy ideas that you learn more from failure than success, but the fact is that you do not.  Learning how “Not”… Read More »

Leadership Lessons from a Lieutenant (Part 1)

By | July 21, 2021

[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 »

Is it Good to Work for a Bad Boss?

By | July 20, 2021

[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 »

Afghanistan’s Operation Frequent Wind

By | July 19, 2021

[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 »