I’m Marilyn. This November Denny and I will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary! Fifty-two years ago right now Denny had been out of West Point for almost a year and was stationed in Colorado. I was teaching high school girls’ physical education...
Our military is well down the path of becoming a force with virtually no combat readiness—as all of our NATO allies have already done—as we’ve discussed earlier. And all this during a very dangerous time in history. My focus last time was on the...
This is the second in a series on the emasculation of our military. Our military is well down the path of becoming a force with virtually no combat readiness—as all of our NATO allies have already done—as we’ve discussed before. And all this during...
President Obama has decided to put anti-slavery hero Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill. It’s a major move — and one that, as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee points out, Republicans and conservatives everywhere can be happy about...
Here are some ways to show gratitude on four military appreciation days this May: May is National Military Appreciation Month, making it a great time to show appreciation to active duty military members and veterans. There are over 2 million active...
As a general statement, the more diverse a group, the more effective it will be, because we are all products of our environments and our culture and we just think in certain ways. So the more different perspectives a team can bring to problem...
As you may know, the Knights of Columbus requested of Congress that the words “Under God” should be added to our pledge of allegiance. Both Houses of Congress passed the law and it was signed by President Eisenhower in 1954. Here are the...
We all know that Russia and China and Iran are growing their military forces and developing new weaponry. Well, for most of the past seventy years the counter to these and other aggressive nations has been the US at the head of a very powerful...
You know, we should never send our young men and women into harm’s way if we don’t plan to do all that it takes to win the conflict. We have a lot of good examples in the past few decades of how not to fight a war. In our current so-called war—the...
Comments by a veteran: Friends, after watching the ABC-hosted debate among some of the Republican candidates for president last weekend, I’m a bit annoyed—at the candidates. Yes, the questioners were off-base, but I fully expected that from ABC. It...