[March 17, 2024] In an interview with Dr. Jordan Peterson, Abigail Shrier discussed the challenges of understanding evil and how evil masquerades as benevolence while manipulating trust, truth, and morality (see the full interview here). This is why we must study evil. The foremost challenge to figuring out evil is that we are given a false view, making… Read More »
[March 16, 2024] For those who study leadership, we know that style varies over circumstances and time. Each leader has their preferred way of leading others, a method they are most comfortable with and have had past achievements using. Donald Trump has a popular, bombastic approach to leadership. One of my favorite military commanders I worked for in… Read More »
[March 15, 2024] West Point continues down its current path to Woke, simultaneously denying the obvious. West Point is failing at its mission to train battle-worthy cadets to enter the U.S. Army. In a recent article by reporters Bill Gertz and Mike Glenn, they point out that West Point is deleting “duty, honor, country” from its mission statement.… Read More »
[March 14, 2024] In a haunting and chilling street interview, an unidentified woman tells a reporter that she is marching in a Pro-Life protest against abortion. She says, “I march for my four siblings because there is no grave.” Link to the video here, a short 29 seconds.1 As regular readers of my blog know, I strongly oppose… Read More »
[March 13, 2024] Today, I’ll highlight a memorable and happy event I found on social media (link here, 45 seconds) @FurryTails. The video begins with the owner of a donkey named Henry being called by her. “Hi, Henry!” Then you hear the donkey baying in the distance as the donkey comes running to her. Humans and other animals… Read More »
[March 12, 2024] We know that people who aim high for life goals and are able to make the proper sacrifices will succeed in having a good life. Barring serious tragedies, this is a social norm. Therefore, it is easy to give advice on how to aim high and achieve noble goals, and even the most deluded know… Read More »
[March 11, 2024] Several years ago, shortly after my retirement, I wrote articles reflecting lessons I’d learned about a successful career. But, I soon realized that those lessons also applied to everyone, not just leaders. Below is the first of these articles. I’m republishing it today because it is precisely the kind of lesson we need. The lesson? … Read More »
“Hey, drink this.” I was freezing cold in Dad’s jon boat as we puttered down the Ouachita River. The bayou Bonne Idee was closer but Dad wanted us to go where he’d heard the fish were biting. Off we went, my brother Philip and I were on another fishing trip with Dad. Dad seemed to have been born… Read More »
[March 9, 2024] The bayou water was like glass, not a ripple, nothing moving except our aluminum flat-bottom jon boat as it slowly glided along with its silent electric motor. It was also dark out, black as ink. I held the flashlight. Dad navigated the boat. Earlier that day, Dad said matter-of-factly, “Hey Douglas, let’s go gigging.” I… Read More »
[March 8, 2024] RimaAnn Nelson,1 the Assistant Under Secretary for Health Operation at the Department of Veterans Affairs, distributed a memo calling for the banning of an iconic WWII photo of a U.S. Navy sailor kissing a woman in Times Square. My old, grisly, tough-as-nails Vietnam Veteran friend says, “Welcome to Woke America.” “To foster a more trauma-informed… Read More »