An excellent recap of where we went wrong in Afghanistan – from the Mercatus Center (George Mason Univ.)
Like the pursuit of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, the Military Industrial Complex profited significantly from the extended pursuit of Osama bin Laden as America got sucked into prolonged “nation-building.” Yet more historical […]
Path forward to help those STRANDED in Afghanistan – and repair America’s global image
Timely article today from the Wall Street Journal. Not sure that I can improve upon it… https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-afghan-evacuation-taliban-kabul-airport-united-nations-security-council-china-russia-11629900539
The Capitol Riots – Where do we go from here?
While seemingly unprepared and overwhelmed authorities try to sort out yesterday’s events at the U.S. Capitol, we once again have to rely on the various news and information sources who have contributed […]
Does the end really justify the means?
Right, Left, or somewhere in between, Americans were once united behind the foundational ideals and importance of fairness, integrity, transparency, accountability and, more often than not, rooting for the underdog. Sadly, no, […]
Beyond struggling, is America imploding?
We should all take a deep breath and rethink our individual and collective fixation on arguably our most outwardly-flawed POTUS. If one excluded Los Angeles and New York City, most Americans who […]
Highly recommend this upcoming webinar on Sep 8 at 12:30 PM PDT
If you want an insightful and unique perspective on 9/11/2001 – 8/31/2021, this will be well worth your time. https://event.webinarjam.com/register/9/498mnc1
Hey “Patriots!”
I hope that I am speaking for most veterans of the military and/or law enforcement. To those of you who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, many or most of […]
We must overcome anti-Trump fever to restore bipartisan problem-solving
Hyper-partisan tribalism, polarization and division were alive and well in America well before Donald Trump was the nominee, elected or even took office. He is hardly the “Uniter-in-Chief” we needed (neither was […]
Let us support and PROTECT Free Speech
If I were a Mayor, Police Chief, or especially President/Chancellor of a University or College, I would proclaim to all within my domain that, first and foremost, it was my intent not […]
“The Enemy Within” (you and me)
An important and worthwhile read. April 03, 2018 Why do we have so much difficulty talking with people who are of an opposing political orientation? If we were all honorable, in any […]
#NeverAgain and #YesSheCan exposing more of our political federal and state-level “Swamps”
Now THIS gives me hope that our multi-level political SWAMP just might be shamed into constructive and meaningful bi-partisan legislation – and (potentially) even more changes that serve America, and Americans, first […]
