Since I often write about leadership in one form or another, I get much advice on that topic. In today’s profoundly divided political environment, I’m told that this or that person is a “real leader who will save America” or some other gargantuan claim that is also impossible. No one Read more…
Some years ago, I was speaking with a distinguished scholar and former university president. Over coffee he lamented, “Where are the Marshalls of today?” I knew to whom he was referring. General George Catlett Marshall, a 1901 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, former Chief of Staff of the Army, Read more…
Has anyone ever said to you that you have a blind spot? What does that mean? Literally a blind spot is (1) an area where a person’s view is obstructed or (2) an area in which a person lacks understanding or impartiality. I recently purchased a new car that deals Read more…
Here’s what’s on my mind today. Coffee I am a coffee lover. So is Shelley. And for those who love a cup first thing in the morning, the automatic brewer is a delight. We set ours before we go to bed for 6:00AM. That’s perfect. We’re early risers so when we Read more…
It was as prophetic as it was true when former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said of then Vice President Joe Biden, “I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.” Those words have been borne out Read more…