Occasionally, I dust the shelves of my memory and think about things from the past. This week, I was thinking about leadership. At 74—and closing in on another year—I don’t do much leading. Gone are the days of military glory and political noteworthiness. Neither was a prominent feature of my Read more
If my father were alive today, he would be just shy of 111 years old. He passed away 56 years ago when I was a 19-year-old first-year cadet—a Rat—at the Virginia Military Institute. His death left an enormous hole in my life when I was hardly a man. I have Read more
In Greek mythology, many themes still apply today. Consider the quest to clean the Augean Stables. The task was one among the “twelve labors” assigned to the Greek hero Heracles to accomplish. The Augean Stables belonged to Augeas, the king of Elis, who kept 6,000 head of cattle there. After Read more
In 2002, I was fortunate to meet Balint Vázsonyi. Born in Hungary, Vázsonyi immigrated to the United States legally as a boy who could not speak English. In his early years in America, he would study music. He would become a remarkable pianist, making performance history by playing a chronological Read more