This morning the Wall Street Journal had this as a headline: Turkey Agrees to Pause Syria Fight The next sentence read like this: Turkey agreed to suspend military operations in northern Syria for five days in return for a U.S. pledge to facilitate a pullout by Syiran Kurdish fighters, a deal President Trump hailed as […]
In addition to the quality content represented by the Prager U video that you can access by clicking on the image to the right, I wanted to add yet another point to the conversation pertaining to reparations and apologizing for being white. Here it is: The Civil War was fought over how we as a […]
Why did God create man? It’s not an easy question. Some ask feeling like, given the amount of pain and suffering in the world, God’s inspiration to create human beings couldn’t have been that noble. Why do it if it’s going to bring about the kind of trouble that’s typical of the human condition? And […]
Here’s a recent letter I wrote to a hardcharger that’s just now hitting the real challenges at Parris Island. While it pertains specifically to a military paradigm, it resonates regardless of what the challenge may be. And it’s Biblical, too! Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap […]
In May 2016, Joe Biden, as Barack Obama’s designated point man on Ukraine, flew to Kiev to inform President Petro Poroshenko that a billion-dollar U.S. loan guarantee had been approved to enable Kiev to continue to service its mammoth debt. But, said Biden, the aid was conditional. There was a quid pro quo. If Poroshenko’s […]
Years ago, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton faced off in a duel. Neither one of them were necessarily paragons of virtue, but Burr was a dark character. Among the suspected skeletons in his closet was an inappropriate relationship with his daughter – something that Hamilton made mention of which was one of the things that […]
Who defines “good?” You? Me? How does one measure virtue? And how do you convince someone who’s vile that they’re not “good” unless you can point to a standard that goes beyond personal preferences, impressions and experiences? Suggesting that there is a collective mindset that has proven to be beneficial – that there is a […]
It’s healthy, I think, to start listening for the words, “fear” and “hate.” It is possible to win an argument without saying a word simply by positioning yourself as a victim. If you can successfully portray yourself as somebody who’s being unfairly treated as a result of “fear” and “hatred,” then anyone who would question […]
Why would you impeach President Trump? For doing the very things that he promised he would do as a candidate? For reducing the number of regulations that our industries have had to contend with under Obama resulting in one of the strongest economies we’ve had in a long time? For recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital? […]
Musicians are weird. At least, that’s the way the come across sometimes. But it’s not so much that they’re a little “off,” as much as it’s the way they process things. In order to be expressive as a musician, you have to have the capacity to feel and create. And as you progress in your […]
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