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,... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More