[July 2, 2017] Many young boys have had the opportunity to belong to the Boy Scouts and learn about good character development, citizenship, and personal fitness. My son Sean and I spent many days camping and enjoying activities that a small town environment encourages through the local Boy Scout program. The scouting experience embodies those essential values key… Read More »
[June 21, 2017] Today is the first day of Summer and the media is full of stories about people being caught on malfunctioning trains, injured from falling building debris, and experiencing damage caused by road disrepair. This is repeatedly the result of a delay in maintenance. But, let’s call it what it really is … a leader failure.… Read More »
[June 20, 2017] In the army we were always taught to never walk past a problem. If you do, then you’ve just set a new standard of behavior – a much lower standard. I thought people knew this but it was given a new lease-on life in my mind when I witnessed two soldiers walk into a recruiting… Read More »
[June 19, 2017] Last week I was traveling through the Kansas City airport and picked up the Kansas City Star newspaper. In it was an article on University of Missouri financial troubles caused, in part, by a backlash from a series of racially charged protests. Leadership failures at several of the university system’s campuses were center stage nationally.… Read More »
[June 17, 2017] It’s easy to say that great leaders come from those capable of bringing people together for a common goal; it’s another thing to make it happen. It can take a tragic event to force people to unite and that is exactly what happened after a socialist-Democrat attempted to murder Republicans practicing for their annual baseball… Read More »
[June 14, 2017] There’s an old saying that goes like this; “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”1 Rational thinking would tell us that this is true and given a brutish and harsh human history, learning from it would seem to be simple commonsense. Today is Flag Day in the United States and… Read More »
[June 8, 2017] United Kingdom Imams have refused to perform funeral rites for the three Muslims who perpetrated the London terror attacks this past weekend. For those unfamiliar with the Islamic faith, this refusal is unprecedented. Furthermore, a number of Imams have publically called for other religious leaders to join them. “If you choose the path of terror,… Read More »
[June 7, 2017] As I traveled about several states over the past four days, I was lucky to come across the Freedom Center in the North Terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. My wife and I have traveled in nearly every major airport in the continental U.S. and look forward to stopping by to visit USO facilities. The Freedom… Read More »
[May 29, 2017] Annually, on Memorial Day I give a speech about the meaning of this very special day. This day is special not just for those citizens of the United States but also for those in foreign lands where our military has gone to protect them from evil. Today, my speech is about what Memorial Day is,… Read More »
[May 21, 2017] In 2001 as part of his senior project in High School, my son Sean wrote an essay about Enron; the most innovative company in America. His idea was to show how a well run enterprise can be successful for its investors. Sean graduated in May but in October of that same year, executives at Enron,… Read More »