When assessing any governmental policy, it’s always wise to look at the results of those policies rather than their intentions. President Joe Biden’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is striving to enlist a diverse workforce through targeting certain...
Butch Mazzuca
Things we’re not allowed to talk about
To solve a problem, an individual, an organization or a society as a whole must first acknowledge that A) the problem exists, B) the problem must be specifically identified, and C) a commitment must made to solve it. Meanwhile, as a nation we are far from the same...
Rabid Dogs
Why is the Biden administration urging Israel to act with proportionality in its fight against Hamas? And as a practical matter, what exactly does proportionality mean? Should the IDF limit the number of civilian deaths to the number of murdered Israelis, then rape...
We should learn from history, not erase it
You may have read that the statue of Robert E. Lee that stood in Charlottesville Virginia’s town square for nearly a century has been melted down and will be remade into a new piece of public art. The statue, a source of controversy in the wake of the 2017...
International Law and the Rules of Warfare
Last Monday Barack Obama commented, any Israeli military strategy that ignores human costs could ultimately backfire and, "that the choices Israel is making could further harden Palestinian attitudes for generations. So, even as we support Israel, we should also be...
Just tell the truth and let the cards fall where they may
The other night Bobbi and I re-watched what is perhaps the most fascinating spy movie of all time, the 1975 cult classic, Three Days of the Condor. The movie centers on a bookish CIA researcher, Joe Turner (played by Robert Redford) who returns from lunch to discover...
How many times have we found ourselves in a situation when afterwards we say to ourselves “If only I had said…” and replay the situation in our heads repeatedly until we get ‘what we wished we had said,’ just right. But of course, that’s little more than mental...
There is no debate!
Perhaps the most concerning aspect of the climate debate is that there is no debate. The cancel culture and the media have conspired to silence those brave enough to dissent. Honest scientists must now be careful about circulating data that debunks the assumptions...
The greatest threat to this nation…
The greatest threat to this country does not come from China or Russia or North Korea – it comes from the lack of responsible citizenship. Citizenship can be defined as the relationship between the individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance, and...
The last piece of the puzzle
There’s an old saying, “When people reveal to you who they are, it’s wise to believe them.” And as we watch the unraveling of our country, it’s worth paying attention to the things those in power have said. And I’d like to begin with our former president and first...