Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris Tuesday night with an electoral landslide, the popular vote, and a clear mandate from the American people. Meanwhile, the nonpartisan and completely objective Associated Press, where many news outlets get their information, summed...
Butch Mazzuca
Ooh Rah!
My blog posts usually appear on Monday, but today marks the 249th birthday of the United States Marine Corps, and a fitting moment to pay tribute to the men and women who epitomize the meaning of honor, courage and commitment. The Marines are America’s “force in...
Winners & Losers Part II
Yesterday I wrote about winners and losers as general concept, but we also had an election yesterday, so I feel I’d be remiss if I didn’t comment about the real winners and losers in this election. The Ten Big Losers – President Xi Jinping Vladimir Putin the Mullahs...
Winners & Losers
Today is Election Day and instead of speculating about the outcome, I thought to share some thoughts about outcomes of even greater import – life and how we live it. A Winner makes commitments—A loser makes promises. When a winner makes a mistake he says, “I was...
The Collective Wisdom or Divine Providence
In the summer of 1776, the American Revolutionary War was still in its early stages. British forces, led by General William Howe, had successfully landed on Long Island, New York, and confronted the Continental Army. The battle that ensued, known as the Battle of...
Just Sayin’
The ideological Left, including presidential candidate Kamala Harris has it backwards regarding capitalism and believe its prime motivation is selfishness and greed. And while you cannot extract the human condition from any economic system, capitalism begins not with...
Taxes, Fascists & Foreign Policy
I saw a vehicle the other day sporting two bumper stickers. The first read, Harris-Walz; the second, Everyone Must Pay Their Fair Share. The owner of the vehicle was obviously a democrat evinced by their inability to examine an issue in depth or to get beyond the...
Leadership isn’t a communal activity
Recently I visited the Pima Air & Space Museum here in Tucson, and among the many exhibits was a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, the same type aircraft I flew in Vietnam. But it was the helicopter’s squadron designation that fascinated me – HMM-163, which just...
When someone tells you what they are, believe them!
During a surprise press briefing the president said the following about Kamala Harris’ participation in his administration, "Well, she's, I'm in constant contact with her. She's aware we all, we're singing from the same song sheet. We, she helped pass all the laws...
Don’t Cut Off Your Nose to Spite Your Face
The common denominator among socialism and all of its iterations is that power is held by a small group of people, usually belonging to a single political party. And every iteration of socialism has rejected capitalism in favor of wealth equality and public control...