Category Archives: leadership
A Weekend of Old Navy Movies: Mister Roberts, The Caine Mutiny and In Harm’s Way
Well I have the duty pager for the hospital this weekend so I have been hanging out at the Island Hermitage with my dog Molly watching classic Navy movies. Friday night I watched the classic film Mister Roberts. Yesterday I … Continue reading
Filed under film, leadership, Military, movies, US Navy, world war two in the pacific
Learn when you Can rather than when you Must
“Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.” Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington I have slowed down writing for a few days to spend more time thinking, reflecting, reading and observing. I mentioned last night how … Continue reading
Filed under History, leadership, philosophy, Politics
Iowa Caucus: Media Feeding Frenzy Looking for the Un-Mormon Anti-Mitt
The votes are still being counted and with about 96% of the votes counted it will be a photo-finish between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum with Ron Paul just a bit behind in third place. The race between Romney and … Continue reading
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Remembering John F Kennedy
“And so my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy “Now the trumpet summons us again. Not as a call to bear arms, though arms we … Continue reading
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The German Revolution 1919-1922: A Warning from History
The Spartacus League brought armed mobs onto the streets of the new and fragile Weimar Republic In light of the increasing revolutionary rhetoric from both the political right and left, the ongoing demonstrations in many American cities that are part of the Occupy … Continue reading
Filed under History, leadership, Military, national security
I Don’t Like Bullies: The Troubling Trend in Conservative Politics
I don’t like bullies. I didn’t like them as a child and I certainly don’t like them any better now. Unfortunately the bullying that I address is not the simple schoolyard type, but a kind that has infected our politics … Continue reading
Filed under faith, History, laws and legislation, leadership, Military, Politics, Religion
One Nation: Natural Disasters Show How we Swim Together or Sink Alone
“In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people.” Franklin D. Roosevelt I am amazed when I see … Continue reading
Filed under leadership, natural disasters, Politics
The Oath: Reflections on the Oath of Office and 30 Years of Service
It was a hot and smoggy summer day in Van Nuys California when drove into the parking lot of the old Armory on Van Nuys Boulevard in my 1975 yellow Chevy Monza with a black vinyl top. It was August … Continue reading
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Smaller than Life: The Thin Skinned, Petty, Small Minded and Visionless Political Elite and what we can do to Change the Political Culture
“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not … Continue reading
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