Happy 250th US Army! Just Six Things To Bear In Mind

We're coming off the 250th anniversary of the start of the US Army. Various events marked the occasion. 2025 being 2025, much, if not most, if not all, of it quickly sank into the love/hate clashes that surround POTUS 47. I think it's a good use of my time to go back to the minutes, hours, and days of the launch of what we now call the US Army. I'm using research I've done for Americanism … [Read more...]

POTUS And The 100 Days

POTUS AND THE 100 DAYS – THE 4+2 YARDSTICK   Here's my podcast: WATCH HERE Below are my bulletized notes I used in the podcast. You'll also find the five key questions at the bottom. Take a look.   (the 1789 Inaugural speech) George Washington: everything is precedent letters he writes, people he meets or entertains, daily conduct tariff act signed … [Read more...]

A Day To Remember–April 4

It's a day to remember, April 4.     https://youtu.be/UcLQX-AnNYw?si=Hh10I-Ixw5jWf4Ko … [Read more...]

Lunar Eclipse And Me

Lunar Eclipse and Me Staggering out of bed in the middle of the morning-night, I have a hazy recollection of being outside and tilting my head skyward. Yeah, I did it, now I remember. Lord, that moon was blinding. After recovering, a few thoughts from the lunar eclipse of March 14, 2025. Small My life and me are small in the scheme of things. Comparable to one of those … [Read more...]

Of Time And Taylor

Of Time And Taylor Music critic Steven Hyden wrote about Taylor Swift in 2023. He observed: "She has, rather brilliantly, convinced the public that her past AND her present coexist RIGHT NOW..." Re-read that quote. What's the point that settles in for you? For me, it's the answer shown in the two reflections: The brilliance is that it's the same for all of us. If deceit is … [Read more...]

A Potential Rhyme

A potential rhyme between the world of POTUS 7 and the world of POTUS 47 suggests a reason to brighten. Take a look. WATCH HERE … [Read more...]

A Leadership Now Talkshop: Your Leadership And Our Civil War

A LEADERSHIP NOW TALKSHOP: Your Leadership And Our Civil War: American Rhymes of 2024-2025 And The River of November 1860 To June 1861 I'm guiding clients into the world of six months in fall 1860 to spring 1861. History doesn't repeat—it rhymes. With that truth in mind, we'll looking for how to measure the rhymes of the early American Civil War to our own post-election period with POTUS 47. … [Read more...]

The Big 4: American Celebrations of the Declaration’s Birthday–Lessons for 2026

On December 12, 2023, I delivered the keynote speech at a special event kicking off the "Journey To The American Founding" initiative in Indiana. It's a partnership initiative between The Remnant Trust and Sagamore Institute to help guide the recognition and honoring of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026. I invite you to watch and listen to my speech. Feel free to … [Read more...]

Eight Words On The Seventh Day

Eight Words On The Seventh Day (2023) On the 7th day of December 1941, Japanese military forces unleashed an attack on American military forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Territory of the United States. Also on the 7th day of December 1941, after news of the bombing had arrived on mainland America, the US Army Chief of Staff, General George Marshall, walked toward his office at the … [Read more...]

A Letter One Month Ahead

A Letter One Month Ahead   Right off the top, I'll give you a heads-up. This is a post leaning toward the spiritual, the metaphysical, the cosmic. Kind of. This is not a post to exclude. My intent is to pose a question that takes you into your own thoughts. For some of you that means into your mind, for some into your soul, for some into both. I do respect the choice to go … [Read more...]