[September 7, 2023] Sergeant Jimmy John Grayson was an NCO in my U.S. Army Platoon back when I was a new Lieutenant. One day, he came to me to tell a story about a young woman he had met and wanted my opinion. I was willing to listen but am usually guarded with my opinions, especially in relationships.… Read More »
[August 31, 2023] When I began this leadership blog almost ten years ago, I had a few friends write an occasional column. Sadako Red, a pen name, became more popular because of his wit and penchant for getting into sticky situations and his nimble ability to extract himself from the most uncomfortable and dangerous situations. And no one… Read More »
[August 26, 2023] I see it every day. Readers of my blog, family, and friends send me examples of social media speech censorship. With that said, I missed one that John Hinderaker found interesting. It made me laugh too. The lesson? Speech censorship is alive and well in America. Last month, I honored Ms. Riley Gaines with a… Read More »
[August 21, 2023] It’s not too early to write about the upcoming U.S. Presidential elections because we are slowly discovering what makes the candidates tick. On the Republican Party side, there are many who declared; on the Democrat Party side, we are hearing little. Vivek Ramaswamy is one of the major contenders. What I like about him is… Read More »
[August 16, 2023] When my brother was five, and I was seven, my father took us on a three-day camping trip down the Sabine River on the Texas-Louisiana border. This would be a “man’s trip,” talking man things, my dad getting to know us better, fishing, cooking over a campfire, sleeping under the open sky, and floating downstream… Read More »
[August 15, 2023] Dr.Jordan Peterson tells us that we are mentally sane as independent beings because others will correct us whenever we do something stupid. People are giving corrections to us all the time, non-stop, and we are broadcasting sanity signals back and forth. We smile at people if they behave properly and act like we would like… Read More »
[August 9, 2023] The practice of infanticide reared its ugly head in my hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the cradle of Liberty where the Declaration of Independence was signed and declared, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are… Read More »
[August 5, 2023] In the summer of 1966, just before High School, I helped a local potato farmer with his crops. I don’t remember if I ever had a dirtier job, yet I both enjoyed and hated working the fields because it was a cross between picking cotton and cleaning pigpens; it was smelly, sweltering, filthy, humid, and… Read More »
[July 28, 2023] As a young man, I had no plans to join the Army. Oh, there were plenty of opportunities to join up. Folks in my family circle encouraged me to join. Enticements to join also came from my teachers, coaches, storeowners in my town, and my friends’ parents; this was common. Despite no plans, I did… Read More »
[July 6, 2023] It is not surprising to those paying attention that the U.S. Government has been using social media platforms to suppress free speech. They have encouraged media giants to remove what they see as “misinformation.” Gee, what could go wrong with the government telling us what is misinformation? Plenty. On July 4th – our Independence Day… Read More »