Tell It In Sparta

October 20, 2011

Tell it in Sparta, thou that passes by
Here, faithful to her charge, her soldiers lie.

June 17, 2016

Requiem for a Brain

It was reported, again and again, Muhammad Ali died of complications related to Parkinson’s Disease.…

May 30, 2016

If you listened carefully on 18 April, 2016 you could hear the cheering and partying…

May 18, 2016

So much for the integrity of the National Football League. Despite decades of evidence indicating…

April 26, 2016

Once a Warrior Always a Warrior: Navigating the Transition from Combat to Home is an…

March 25, 2016

Edmund Burke, an Irish statesman, born in Dublin in 1729, served as a member of…

March 6, 2016

All politicians project a full quotient of self-confidence, if not out-right self-importance. After all, they…

February 23, 2016

I declare a new National Holiday. It will occur the Monday after the Super Bowl…

February 2, 2016

No, I am not talking about the Iowa Caucus this week or the continued herding…

January 21, 2016

As the most recent posts to this blog attest, trying to figure out the thoughts…

December 31, 2015

There is a hackneyed idiom that fits the present flock of presidential candidates perfectly: If…