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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 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 Read more

It’s clear to me, as it should be to anyone, that 2024 will be a tumultuous time. To say that we are a divided nation would be—as we used to say in the Army—a BFO, that is, “a blinding flash of Read more

Many people misdiagnose what is wrong with our government.  In particular they tend to personalize what’s wrong with Congress.  You hear the charges all the time.  She’s a “socialist,” he’s “establishment,” or she’s a “globalist” and he’s a “neocon.” Most of Read more

It’s not a new thing for politicians and ideologues to massage language to advance their efforts to achieve power and influence in societies.  We see it all the time.  Unfortunately, in America today, the twisting of words and their meanings Read more

In case you’ve been asleep like Rip Van Winkle, our universities and colleges are failing America.  Forget the extravagant costs—they’re obscenely high—and just consider the intellectual nonsense they’re pumping into the heads of naïve students.  Higher education is no longer Read more

So, what can we expect from 2024?  To be sure, it will be dominated by all things political.  There are the presidential primaries that likely will be a rematch of the two candidates from 2020 that a majority of American Read more

Christmas is a season of gift-giving as we celebrate the birth of Jesus.  While Christmas has become very commercialized, it remains a special time of the year.  I like to go gift shopping, normally by myself as I stroll through Read more

As I sit down to write this week, I am conflicted.  That’s the emotion of our age given our divisions. The chasm between individuals, groups, and political parties is as great as we have seen since the American Civil War.  Moreover, Read more

After spending much time studying the Middle East, I am—as many of you are—appalled at the October 7 Hamas massacre of innocent Israelis.  I won’t recount the unspeakable horrors, many of which are so violent and depraved that they cannot Read more