On 28 Jan, Our Vietnam Generation will premiere at teh Fox Theatre in Detroit. Tickets are available through ticketmaster or the Fox Th box office. This is a documentary on Michigan’s Vietnam Veterans. The film is the work of 9-time Emmy...
The purpose of our military is t be the most effective military force in the world; this deters a great deal of trouble for us. No one wants to mess with the biggest guy on the block. The purpose of the military is not to manifest all the wonderful...
Today in 1981, minutes after Ronald Reagan became president the 52 American hostages were released by Iran. Iranian “student” attacked and captured our embassy; note: an attack on an embassy is an act of war. But Jimmy Carter was...
I was the Mideast war planner for US Readiness Command at MacDill AFB in Tampa from 1977 to 1981. In those days we thought the enemy we’d be fighting over the Mideast oil would be the Soviet Union. My modest efforts probably became a part of...
Isn’t it funny how some people often excuse wrong doing on the grounds that some folks just cannot help how they act, that their socio-economic circumstances force them to do the vicious things they do. While they complain a lot about them, these...
In 2007 the State of Missouri’s citizens voted on a constitutional amendment designating English as the official language of Missouri. It passed with nearly 90% of the vote. Thus, English is the only language in which the state does business. They...
Since the members of Congress, like those of us in the military, take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the US, it’s a darned good thing that they read it regularly–and publicly is a good idea. The problem lies with the...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told then-Speaker-designate John Boehner that he should not bother to pass a repeal of Obamacare as the repeal would die in the Senate. Boehner’s response went something like this: Thank you for reminding us...
The Navy says that CAPT Owen Honors, skipper of the USS Enterprise, has been relieved. It seems that in 2006-7 he had made some raunchy videos that were broadcast on the ship that may have offended some of the crew. It seems that many of the crew...
Today Michigan’s new governor, Rick Snyder, was sworn in. He has quite a challenge ahead of him; he has my best wishes and prayers. Singing the National Anthem at the ceremony was the Michigan Army National Guard’s Staff Sergeant Amy...