40 Days for Life

By | February 22, 2023

[February 22, 2023]  No sane person would recommend to someone they love to have an abortion.  Abortion is wrong.  Thus, its extensive use as part of “health care” is a sign of an immature culture that values death over life.  Sadly, abortion is not just legal, but it is also vigorously celebrated.  To counter this trend,  the organization,… Read More »

Judeo-Christian Values: What are They?

By | February 20, 2023

[February 20, 2023]   In the search for the highest values we possess, it is best to begin with those that have been part of our history and have been most helpful in making us who we are.  Today, I’ll list the values of the Judeo-Christian tradition as laid out by Dennis Prager (link here). “Traditionally, religious Protestants, Catholics,… Read More »

Twitter: a Major Lesson in Failed Leadership

By | February 18, 2023

[February 18, 2023]   The takeover of Twitter this past October by Elon Musk and the follow-on investigative reporting of what is known as the “Twitter Files” is one of the most important events of this century.  Journalists Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, and a small number of others began to peel back the many layers of deep corruption within… Read More »

File This Under Entertainment: Jane Fonda

By | February 16, 2023

[February 16, 2023]   During my first combat tour in Iraq, I had two photos.  One of my children, nicely framed and sitting where I could see them every day.  And a second of a motivational poster starring Jane Fonda sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun surrounded by NVA soldiers.  The poster read, “Treason.  Yes, it was –… Read More »

All the Great Men I’ve Known

By | February 15, 2023

[February 15, 2023]   All the great men I’ve known had a remarkable capacity for controlled aggression.  That aggression was closely contained so they could use it carefully when needed.  And in doing so, they gave them dignity, which made others around them respect them. Many suspect those men were tough, experienced, intelligent military men, but that is not… Read More »

The Culture of Aircraft Crashes

By | February 13, 2023

[February 13, 2023]   Regular readers of this blog know that one of my jobs is to highlight others who can point out lessons we can learn from the mistakes people make.  Petter Hörnfeldt (Mentour Pilot), a Swedish Captain, shows airline failures, mechanical problems, and the human element and explains why aircraft crashes occur. Hörnfeldt is the creator and… Read More »