I’ve spent a good portion of life in the political world, so I am familiar with how words are used in politics and, if the public isn’t adroit in understanding how terms are used to manipulate the truth, they risk being hoodwinked. Some words have been twisted beyond reason and Read more
I love to write. So I thought I’d use my update this week to share with you how I go about it. The start point is fairly basic. I ask myself, “What will I write about this week and do I have anything to say on the topic that would be useful?” Nothing is Read more
It’s hard, these days, not to think about the quality of our leadership, not only at the national level, but also in our states. The leaders we select to govern across the nation very much reflects the quality of our choices. Moreover, the people we elect also reflects a voter’s ideology, preferences, Read more
This week I’ve decided to share something with you that is not so much about “wisdom” as it is self-indulgence; namely some updates on my book Desert Redleg: Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War. First, sales are going well, particularly since the book had a late start getting into bookstores Read more
I was a soldier most of my adult life. My time as a legislator came afterwards and I learned in short order that politics, particularly in a campaign, is about making the case to lead. Governance is actually engaging in that leadership. The former can be very partisan. The latter is particularly challenging. One Read more
What would they think? It’s a debatable proposition whether our Founding Fathers would be supportive of all that is being done in today’s America in the name of unifying the country. Indeed, would they recoil in the face of disunifying activities done in the name of unity? Or would they regard them as Read more
Leadership has been on my mind lately. Most of the lessons I learned about the subject are from others who modeled it. I learned the principles in my military education and practiced them in the course of my time as a soldier and a legislator. But to be certain, my philosophy of leadership Read more
With the approach of Independence Day, my thoughts turn to patriotism. When I was an elected official, that included the Independence Day parade in my community where I would bring a horse drawn team and a wagon filled with supporters to greet celebrating people along the way. I shook many hands on Read more
Cultural Revolution is afoot, at least for those who don’t seem to care for the order of a constitutional republic where the rule of law, not the rule of man, is elevated over the passions of the day. The response to the recent trouble over race by those who have taken Read more
July is nearly upon us and with it the hot weather that comes with a typical summer. Following their revolution in 1789, the French renamed the month of July “Thermidor’, derived from the from Greek thermon or “summer heat”. Their 1793 revolutionary calendar was imposed for about 12 years until 1805, and was designed Read more