[April 6, 2025] Spring has been slow to arrive, but we are enjoying the benefits of a mild winter here in New Jersey, with an abundance of early flowers and pleasant morning walks without heavy winter coats. This Sunday morning, I have a mix of pictures and memes that I think my readers will appreciate. Just sit back… Read More »
[April 5, 2025] I’ve been curious – all my life – about my desire for a quest for adventure, a quest purposefully sought. But I never understood why, especially why a scared little kid would want to seek such a quest. I would later learn, through the works of Joseph Campbell and Jordan Peterson, that my childish and… Read More »
[April 4, 2025] This is an easy one today. I’m not sure who compiled this list of 50 unspoken social rules, so if you know, please put the reference in the comments section. This article is easy because these rules perfectly fit nicely with the basics of good leadership. There are, however, many more than 50. Let’s dig… Read More »
[March 4, 2025] Loving your enemies is not appreciated in politics. Mark Siljander, a staunch and controversial Conservative, said this in a recent interview with Dr. Jordan Peterson and, at first, took me by surprise until he explained what he meant. Siljander added that this is why Donald Trump is disdained by neoconservatives. During his first term, Trump… Read More »
[April 2, 2025] At Self Reliance Central, a February 15, 2025 article was published that asked a question most of us would like to know the answer to; “why are Islamists angry at the rest of us?” The short answer is Islamists carry a guilt deep inside them that can never be resolved. That is the conclusion of… Read More »
[April 1, 2025] The Washington Free Beacon just published a review of Gregory Carleton’s Crimean Quagmire: Tolstoy, Russell and The Birth of Modern Warfare, and it’s worthwhile to highlight an important historical account that could truly be seen as the birth of modern warfare. Personally, I knew nothing of the Crimean War, a major war between Russia on… Read More »
[March 31, 2025] These past few weeks, we’ve been witnessing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz crisscrossing America giving Democrat rallying speeches. I think it’s an odds-on favorite that he is setting himself up to run for president of the United States in 2028. I’ve written several times about Walz when he was Kamala Harris’ VP selection (see here, here,… Read More »
[March 30, 2025] The good news was that by the end of February, the weather in Iraq was getting nice, with clear skies and temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. Of course, with Surge units about to arrive and construction in full swing, I was moving about Iraq, seeing how this construction was progressing. There is… Read More »
[March 29, 2025] Ten years ago, I had a leadership toolbox series and one of those “tools” was the value of formalized leadership courses. Yes, such courses can be valuable, as I noted at the time, but they might not bring about the desired outcome. I noted that the courses’ objective to “transition their understanding from operational/tactical to… Read More »
[March 28, 2025] In this article, I’m trying to put into words some new ideas of mine. Here goes … I never understood the power of the physical objects that people hold onto. But now, I can see it in my old, legacy Captain’s Helmet, the identity I have and the memories that it reminds me of. Like… Read More »