Later this morning, President Barack Obama will deliver a speech at the Department of Justice. The topic will be his conclusions on surveillance by the national government. The speech follows several months of controversy unleashed by Edward Snowden's leaking of information on how the government has gathered data on citizens and groups. I want to remind you of what's beneath this speech and the … [Read more...]
Beneath Obama’s Announcement This Morning
January 17, 2014 by Dr. Dan Miller
Filed Under: al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Edward Snowden, George W. Bush, surveillance, war on terror
The Links Of Syria
September 17, 2013 by Dr. Dan Miller
A participant in my recent Workshop on leadership and credibility asked a great question: what are the key historical connections with the Syrian civil war and the US interaction with it? Super question. Here is my thought: five jump to mind. First, the current situation in Syria points to something I've been pounding on for the past three years. We are reliving the replaying of the late 1930s. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Gulf War I, Gulf War II, History, Iraq, Leadership, Syria
Obama And Circularity
August 30, 2013 by Dr. Dan Miller
No political point-scoring. I'm not interested. What does interest me very much is to note something that I think you'd agree is a weird part of life. Circularity. How many times have you seen or watched something at one point in your life, perhaps criticized the person or people involved, and then discovered that at a later point many of the same circumstances and issues suddenly find their way … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Circularity, George W. Bush, River, Syria
