The Patriot
38th Edition December 26, 2023 The Patriot I’m not a big fan of the movie industry today. I often joke that the last movie I went to was The Sting, which came out in 1973, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Great
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The Most-Honest-Student Award
37th Edition December 19, 2023 The Most-Honest-Student Award The Cato Institute, a leading Washington, D.C. think tank, is sponsoring a webinar to discuss lying. According to the advertisement, a law professor, Jeff Kosseff, will address the pervasiveness of lies, the legal protections
Situations like these…
36th Edition December 12, 2023 Situations like these… I’ve always had a rule about leadership. It goes something like this – I am willing to lead but I am also willing to be a follower. But I won’t follow a bad leader. It’s been
Retirement Hobbies
35th Edition December 5, 2023 Retirement Hobbies As I approach the first anniversary of my retirement, if there is such a thing, I’ve been contemplating retirement hobbies. One idea I have is to go back to college. My thought is to take all
The Next Great Leader
34th Edition November 28, 2023 The Next Great Leader Over the past two decades, I’ve written many times about leadership, in politics, world affairs, business and in sports. As a student of history I’ve enjoyed sharing thoughts about some of the great
Seek first to understand
33rd Edition November 21, 2023 Seek first to understand In this edition I’d like to share a recent, very disturbing, personal experience. As some of my readers know, I coach high school basketball. We had an away game a few days ago. We
In one word
32nd Edition November 14, 2023 In one word If you could describe yourself in one word what would that be? Not how others would describe you, or even the most appropriate word, but more of an aspirational representation. For me that word
Dress codes and other important things..
31st Edition November 7, 2023 Dress codes and other important things… In the you can’t make this up category, I thought I would share a few thoughts about dress codes. For decades I have been a proponent of casual dress. I still contend
Rebuilding integrity
30th Edition October 31, 2023 Rebuilding integrity I’ve written numerous times about the lack of integrity in our country. In my view it is pervasive and has manifested itself in all kinds of disastrous ways, from rampant violence in our cities, to
How to ensure that free-market capitalism survives
29th Edition October 24th, 2023 How to ensure that free-market capitalism survives The epic battle for the future of our country continues, pitting centralized control by elitists and bureaucrats, who are intent on furthering the administrative state, against entrepreneurs, and those