Of Sheepdogs and Men

I recently was invited to be a panelist on the Primary & Secondary Modcast, my first appearance, and we had a discussion around the concept of the Sheepdog mindset. It was an interesting conversation, to say the least. https://youtu.be/_gY_eM02H6U?si=Iqsm2uNlQ8EjEbeC The concept of the Sheepdog Mindset started with an essay by Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman. The …

Unsocially yours

I am a Facebook felon, there I said it. My crime... being blunt, with a prior. Facebook has been around for more than a decade now. I recall writing a filler article on it in the late 2000s for the monthly newsletter of the Sons of Norway lodge I belonged to then. The service was …

And that’s the way it is

Those of us old enough will recall the title above was the signature of the legendary Walter Cronkite, each evening when he signed off his newscast on CBS.  For 19 years he was known widely as "the most trusted man in America" for the perception of his old school, straight down the middle, presentation of …

A picture is worth a lot more than words

I found myself both bemused and appalled as I started seeing posts on social media about a new mural being painted in San Francisco. As murals go, the San Francisco Bay Area has kind of become a home for them over the years.  It really got started back in the Great Depression when  the Public …

What price, insurrection?

So you think it's time for a civil war?