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...
Recently, the Military Times published an article about the declining morale in our armed forces. It did and should have hit a big nerve. A military with poor morale is a military that fights poorly, takes more casualties, and loses fights. I hope...
A week ago I saw the movie, 13 Hours, the Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. Then I met and talked with a guy who was there, Kris Tanto Paranto. My friend and professional theater critic Kevin Carr reviewed the movie for me a couple of weeks ago as it was...
My topic is women in our military’s close-combat units. Let me be clear; women have served in combat and are now serving in combat units and perform very well. However, in what I’ll call the tip-of-the-spear units, infantry, armor, and Special Ops...