[August 22, 2024] I’m from the poor Deep South, where I can still find my heart. I relate closely with those living in small towns and on farms, working blue-collar jobs, local volunteers, small church congregations, and truckers. When people ask where I’m from, I say, “I’m from Mer Rouge, Louisiana.” Despite not living there for six decades,… Read More »
[August 20, 2024] I’ll be upfront with you guys today. What follows is an advertisement – of sorts – for Fr. Jim Drucker’s radio program. I’m hawking his radio program; you don’t want to miss it. He’s a retired Catholic Priest, USAF Catholic Chaplain, Desert Storm Veteran, and a popular radio program host. Known around the area as… Read More »
[August 19, 2024] I was a phone call-in to the Father Jim Drucker radio show1 this past Saturday when he hosted Ralph Galati, a Vietnam War POW and Veteran advocate. It was a fascinating conversation as USAF Captain Galati gave us some insights into what it was like as a POW held by the North Vietnamese. But Ralph… Read More »
[August 18, 2024] I’ll be out all day, so I’m posting a less serious article about Emmy the Lab. I had a dog-loving friend send me this channel on YouTube, and it is not big or exciting or crazy, but just about a yellow Labrador Retriever doing her thing. Oh, and she looks exactly like my yellow lab… Read More »
[August 15, 2024] In the summer of 1967, when I was about to turn 15, the Academy Award-winning war movie “The Dirty Dozen” came out in theaters in my new Texas town, much to my happy surprise. I’d never seen anything like it; in the film, many of the worst convicts-turned-soldiers were given a top-secret mission to pull… Read More »
[August 9, 2024] I left home at 17 and I was gone before my High School graduation because I was enrolled in college and taking classes, a couple of weeks before my friends walked across the High School graduation stage at home in Abilene, Texas. I imagined in my mind my friends with their parents hugging each other, taking… Read More »
[August 9, 2024] It has just been revealed that Tim Walz falsely claimed he carried weapons “in war” in a resurfaced clip that JD Vance blasted this week as another example of the Democrat vice presidential candidate using “stolen valor.” https://nypost.com/2024/08/08/us-news/tim-walz-falsely-claimed-he-carried-weapons-in-war-in-resurfaced-clip-absolutely-false/ [August 8, 2024] It appears that Vice President-select Tim Walz abandoned his unit’s Soldiers before their deployment… Read More »
[August 7, 2024] Two years ago, I published my latest book, 55 Rules for a Good Life. Since then, many have written me to give an update about how the book was received and asked if I was writing a follow-on book. Special thanks to all those who took the time to contact me, and I continue to… Read More »
[August 5, 2024] There it was again, my yellow-stained 6th-grade Report Card with my end-of-year marks. I didn’t want to even look at it. Okay, I had at least one “B,” and I think that was in “recess.” And to make it worse for me, one of my parents had to sign off acknowledging my performance. “You can… Read More »
[July 31, 2024] In May of 1970, after I started Engineering classes at Texas Tech University, I turned 18, registered for Selective Service, and received my military draft notice shortly after that. The Vietnam War was still going strong with American and NATO participation, and the draft was in full swing, calling up young men to be part… Read More »