Why did an 18-year-old white supremacist man walk into a Buffalo supermarket and mow down innocent people in a racially-inspired mass murder? Why did a Chinese U.S. citizen in California a day later walk into a Christian church of Taiwanese Americans, killing one parishioner and wounding ten others even as Read more…
Where are the leaders? In the course of American history, leaders of vision have blessed our nation. That was certainly the case with our Founding Fathers. These men were highly educated. That alone is a lesson for us today. There is no substitute for leaders to be knowledgeable, to understand history, to have read and Read more…
Abortion is an intensely emotional issue. For people like me, it’s a matter of genuine religious conviction that we protect innocent life as understood in natural law. For others it’s a presumed Constitutional right. I say “presumed” because there has been much debate on whether or not abortion is a right per se secured under Read more…
Two years ago, I began writing these weekly missives in the hope that somehow, I could share a bit of wisdom that has accumulated over the years. The update this week marks number 100 in my effort to do so. I’m sure it comes as no surprise to most of my Read more…
When you take a long trip as Shelley and I are doing this week, crossing half of our great continent, you have time to think about things. In a moment of silence when I had muted the radio, I asked Shelley what was on her mind. She is a deep thinker. I wasn’t Read more…
For the next two weeks, we’ll be on the road visiting our kids and grandkids in Kansas City. So, I just wanted to touch on a few items this week. Officers of the First Division Dinner: Every year since the end of WWI, the officers of the 1st Infantry Division who have served Read more…
I have listened closely to those who have debated one side or the other concerning the role the West should play in Ukraine’s struggle for survival. Vladimir Putin’s war crime-laced naked aggression against Ukraine is nauseating. One need only see the pictures that are now becoming available in the news to see Read more…
The war in Ukraine—one that amounts to naked aggression by Russia—has set the stage for a tutorial on failed diplomacy. By failed I mean in the signals that diplomats and national leaders send when they are glib. Sadly, the United States has led the way when it comes to sending the wrong Read more…
Where is the United Nations (UN)? For the first time in recent history, certainly since 1945, a major war has erupted on the European continent. In the wake of Victory in Europe (V-E Day) on May 8th, 1945, and Victory in Japan (V-J Day) the following August 15th, the world powers Read more…
The time for talk is over. The time for action is upon us as it hasn’t been since the waning of the Cold War. Russia is essentially an economically emaciated remnant of the former Soviet Union. But it remains a significant world power given its robust nuclear weapons arsenal. We were reminded of this Read more…