97th Edition I know when I eventually launch my political campaign I will have to find a way to be persuasive in front of crowds, especially in places where people might not think the same as I do. This theoretical scene

87th Edition The fifth in in my six-part series – “Six things we can do to make America better.” No other event in the last one hundred years was as important Without question, World War II was the defining event in history

86th Edition The fourth in in my six-part series – “Six things we can do to make America better.” Here is a blog I wrote in April 2023 proposing this idea… Mandatory political service for our best of the best. Is this

85th Edition The third in my six-part series – “Six things we can do to make America better.” Preserving freedom will always require self-sacrifice.  Every able-bodied citizen should be required to serve in a branch of the military sometime between the age

84th Edition The second in in my six-part series – “Six things we can do to make America better.” There is a connectedness across humanity that is undeniable even when we refuse to acknowledge that it exists. This connection exists between

83rd Edition Over the next six weeks I am going to share my thoughts on “six things we can do to make America better.” Please send me your thoughts, ideas, and criticisms. We are all on this journey together. Number One: Reconnect

80th Edition After posting a recent blog about the American Dream, I received several responses all asking me to define or at least elaborate on today’s definition of the American Dream. Let me try to give that a shot. First of

79th Edition A friend recently said to me – We are what we listen to. I think there is a lot of truth to that brief statement. What we choose to read, watch on TV, listen to in podcasts, even

78th Edition About twenty-six miles north of Albany lies the historic town of Saratoga. I visited there recently with friends who had never been there.  This gave me the opportunity to play the local historian and share a few things I

62nd Edition There was an interesting article recently in the WSJ by William Galston – “When a Nation Loses Its Confidence.” In the article Galston contends that “America and Israel have both experienced a series of setbacks leading to self-doubt.” He cites