There are many ways a leader can lose the ability to lead. What follows is, in my thoughts, one of the most common. We are all decision makers. We base our decisions on the information available to us. All other things being equal, the more accurate the information available to us prior to making a […]
I’ve been working on a family history project revolving around my great-grandmother, Zetta Curtis. The catalyst behind the project was some letters my Aunt Bertha lent me about 25 years ago between Zetta and two of her sisters, Lottie and Alice, written from about 1894 to 1901. I’ve worked on the project from time to […]
Balaam of Pethor was one of the few non-Hebrew prophets of the Old Testament. His story is in some ways convoluted but the lessons to be learned from it are quite simple. A prophet to be a prophet must strive diligently to speak the word the Lord gives him to speak, not the words that […]
After Vladamir Putin ordered the launch of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, one of the first things the Biden Administration did was offer to evacuate the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky. To which President Zelensky reportedly replied, “The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.” While many other politicians would […]
Our nation just went through the extraordinary experience of a sitting President of the United States dropping out of his bid for reelection based in large part on the reaction to a disastrous debate performance. The issue was not so much that the American people did not agree with what the President was trying to […]
When John Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Ragan after he left a mid-day speaking engagement on March 30, 1981, I was an immature 16-year-old high school sophomore. I first heard about it at the elementary school gym where I was at after school softball practice. Our high school was very small, so the […]
The reaction to President Biden’s performance in his debate with former President Trump on June 27, 2024, underscores one of the core weaknesses in our political culture. Namely our popular political media. The news media is a business. The media does not provide us information that would be objectively useful to us in making the […]
A historic vote is set to take place in the House of Representatives today on additional military aid to Ukraine in their fight against Russian aggression. This single vote is underappreciated by the general public for its significance. As a taxpayer and citizen of the United States my hope is that Congress votes for the […]
I’ve been wanting to write for a while a missive on why I call myself a Christian. There was a time in my life when I would have found even the idea of calling myself a Christian distasteful, much less stating it publicly. But we all grow and evolve in time. I am not trying […]
There has been much debate of late in the media about the wisdom of sending Ukraine additional weapons and military aid to help it defend itself against Russia’s invasion. Although the media has focused mostly on the statements of what has been characterized as “far-right” Republicans, it is important to note that so-called “far-left” Democrats, […]