It’s a sad day. We have all had them. But for me, it’s very sad. Yesterday morning I learned Lieutenant General (Retired) Thomas G. Rhame (US Army) passed away. He had bravely fought a long-term illness and did so with the same determination and positive outlook that typified his years of service as a Read more…
When it comes to the American military, you rarely see an image of a US Army, Navy, Marine, or Air Force officer in a blue beret. To be sure, in the Army there are different colored headgear, as we would say, including some berets. Maroon for the Airborne, tan for Rangers, green Read more…
I watch less television these days. There’s too much nonsense that substitutes for news, like people who “lose it” in a fast food drive-through because their order was wrong or people who call 911 because they can’t find the remote control. Notwithstanding these silly things, the most irritable aspects of television these Read more…
A symptom of a healthy republic is the willingness of good and decent people to offer themselves for public service. Emphasis on “service.” In my time in the Virginia General Assembly, for instance, I observed there were three kinds of people who populated elective office. First, there were those who “wanted to Read more…