Those who read my blog know the topic of climate change is a real bone of contention for me, and in the following, taken from past blog posts, I've summarized many of the most salient points - so, just for the fun of it, you might want to consider sending to your...
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Shifting Priorities
I decided to write today's blog after a former squadron mate sent me an article about how Hollywood has seduced much of the American public into viewing modern warfare as antiseptic and resembling a video game, when nothing could be further from the truth. So, let’s...
Slogans, Taglines and Vision
Today’s blog is really a pet theory of mine regarding Presidents and their campaign slogans. So, let’s begin with the commonly argued assumption that the President of the United States is the most powerful person in the world. He (or she) directs U.S. foreign policy...
Make your life a little bit easier
A.A. Milne once said, “Organizing is what we do before we do something, so that when we do it, it’s not all mixed up.” Good advice for sure although I’m not sure I would have expressed it quite that way - in any event, here are a few tips on things to make your...
Big Hat – No Cattle!
As former Secretary of Defense Bob Gates once said, “Joe Biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.” So why didn’t America listen to him? Well the answer seems obvious; times were good, the...
Diversity
The United States comprises slightly more than 4% of the world’s population, yet as a nation, Americans have won 35% of all Nobel Prizes ever awarded, a statistic that goes far beyond mere happenstance. And to be clear, there is a very good reason for this, the...
It’s Good to Be Unwoke – It facilitates clear thinking!
Every sport has its own governing body that defines the way that the sport operates; they come in various forms and have a variety of regulatory functions. They establish eligibility, set schedules, determine rules, take disciplinary actions, etc. Some organizations...
Perspective
Perspective is having the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance. In a recent blog, “For the Record,” I presented an accurate look at the origins of slavery, but something didn’t set right with me, I felt the matter needed more context...
For the Record
I sent this commentary to the far left editor at the Vail Daily; it'll be interesting to see if he deems it worthy to be published in the paper - who knows maybe he'll surprise me. During a recent Zoom call my youngest grandson told me his school was engaged in a...
Voting Rights or Voting Rules?
How much more of this incessant wailing from democrats about their “Voting Rights Bill” are we supposed to endure? Seriously, whenever I hear Schumer and other democrats try to make the case about voter suppression, I can’t help but think about the first law of...