Yesterday a dear and long-time friend sent the following email to a group of college fraternity brothers who, I'm happy to say, remain close and in touch on a regular basis - his email follows: "Butch recently accused me of being an uber liberal, what ever that means....

Many years ago, a close friend was accused of sexual harassment by a co-worker.  My buddy was a well-compensated executive for a Fortune 500 company where the division he led had exceeded its goals for several years running and he was on the corporate ‘fast-track.’ ...

The other day I received an email from a friend with an attached Tik Tok video of a young woman highlighting a few of the absurdities that have become a part of 21st century life in the United States. Taking my cue from this very incisive woman I wanted to add my two...

After the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, President Biden called for changes to gun laws after expressing his heartbreak.  "To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away," said Biden, who learned of the shooting at Robb...

When I was in the 4th grade, Sister Mary Gabriel, would play a game with the globe that resided in the back of the classroom.  The good sister would have a student step up to the front of the class, close his or her eyes, spin the globe, and then randomly stop it with...

Bobbi and I are still in Florida and politics are one of the last things on my mind.  Still, it's difficult to get away from the reminders of how badly this administration is harming America.  So, today I'm going to talk about a couple of related subjects - equity,...

Bobbi and I are on holiday down on St. George Island Florida (we love the redneck Riviera) and my brain is definitely on ‘island time,” so I’ve decided to keep this blog post short and just for the heck of it to share a couple of interesting vignettes illustrating how...

When a black person uses the term ‘white privilege’ what they are really saying is, that as a white person my perspective on the subject is less valuable because I have not experienced what blacks have experienced. Meanwhile, when white people use the term, its...

Many years ago, actually make that many, many years ago while serving in Vietnam I had an experience that left an indelible impression on me.  No, it’s not what you might expect.  Of course, I encountered few ‘colorful moments,’ but being a helicopter pilot was still...