Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
Tales of the Trail Boss is a 4-part series about that initial push into Iraq and the young folks of our armed forces who displayed great courage, leadership, ingenuity and a bit of humor along the way. It happened something like this…
Where is your loyalty? I have talked to a few people recently that I consider friends. One works to support veterans. Another tries to shape future generations. Someone else asked me why I am retiring. A yet different person asked me to continue service in an alternate capacity. I fully intend to continue service in …
In the midst of battle, soldiers fight for their comrades: “the man to the left of me, the man to the right of me,” as the saying goes.
In a sane world, Alissa Heinerscheid, vice president of marketing for Bud Light, would be out of a job following her disastrous decision to partner with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney to promote sales of a product that has appealed to working-class, ordinary, and decidedly unwoke people for generations. The move has led to a boycott …
If you are seeking liberty by attempting to clean up the government or politicians you will be scrubbing for a while and will probably not get much done.
Last night, my spouse called out to me to come upstairs from my basement lair and watch TV with her. Normally, that is a request I might normally have dodged, but since Marquette and Baylor had just destroyed my bracket, I decided to go see what cooking show, HGTV special, or “Housewives” episode had caught …
Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) served in the United States Navy, and his military record, via Wikipedia, is shown at the right. Not in combat himself, he nevertheless saw what happened to our soldiers and Marines in the meatgrinder that was Fallajuh. Bill Kristol, born on December 23, 1952, is the son of Irving Kristol, who …
The Democrats would be well advised to pay close attention to the advice of Ruy Teixeira – as would the Republicans too.
Why I left the Army I loved after 7 years West Point and the Army never had a real draw for me growing up. Frankly, I was more interested in the Coast Guard Academy, having grown up near the ocean, sailing and scuba diving from a young age. But Military Academies held a certain romance. Leaving one’s home …
Tales of The Trail Boss: Part 3: The Great Train Robbery When last we met, I regaled you with a story about the epic battle between The Trail Boss and Tallil Tom, an Iraqi turkey with a bad attitude. This time the saga continues with, The Great Train Robbery. In this episode, I’ll introduce another …
Elections and war; Whose rules does a successful military use to win battles? Is it the enemy’s rules? I’m asking because some seem to think, in politics, that we should play by the opponent’s rules. Someone, somewhere else, came up with the idea that we should begin to march as our opponents …
No, dear hearts, I did not watch the Super Bowl on Sunday for several reasons. One, I have no television service since I am battling Directv over canceling Newsmax. Two, I wouldn’t have watched it if I had three television satellite networks, because I promised myself when ol’ Capricorn, Kapernick, whatever, was kneeling and disrespecting …
By John R. “Buck” Surdu I have often said that as a company commander I kicked people out of the Army who are better people and better citizens than more than half the people I meet every day in civilian life. I have seen commanders relieved for cause for a variety of purposes. Yet stories …
Disincentivizing Military Service: Undoing more than Two Decades of Public Support for the Military Without Even Trying, Stink, Stank, Stunk (Stinking)
Biden’s War on America. Everything that progressives went into hysterics over about Trump doing if re-elected is coming to fruition under Biden. Joe’s Administration is not only a national and international disaster, he’s become an autocrat. Even his own Party is turning on him, if only by small degrees. But power is the watchword and …
Having learned nothing from Martin Luther King Jr., Joe Biden commemorated MLK day by threatening his fellow citizens.
Portfolio Management of the Dream State Variety. Making projects up is not a best practice, what about a portfolio management technique?
I am Joe Heaton and I approve of this message… You say we belong to different classes, sir? Truly I agree. As it was and as it were, let me tell you what that means to me. You look down upon my friends and you look down upon me. You think that wealth means …
I have a question for the FBI leadership. Where is the KGB now?
West Point’s Worldview; There is a moral aspect to leadership. Even in the evil business of war there is a moral aspect to every life and death decision. Formerly, the United States Army was grounded in a consensus Judeo-Christian culture. It had a moral-ethical basis which could be traced to words written in the Holy Bible. …