Leadership
A New Martin Luther King Among Us?
I sometimes write commemmorative pieces on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his great impact on civil rights in America. MLK is one of my heroes. I usually do the piece in January when we celebrate his birthday with a national holiday.
This year I’m upping the article two months because of the current racial tensions in the US and a strong belief that another individual has risen in the spirit of MLK. Read More
The Benghazi Hearing: Covering the Barrel of the Smoking Gun?
In 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a popular book about Sherlock Holmes called “The Adventure of Gloria Scott.” In this late 19th century thriller, Holmes used the evidence of a “smoking gun” to catch his villain.
The Collins English Dictionary defines a smoking gun as “a piece of irrefutable incriminating evidence.” In other words, if the gun still has wasps of smoke around it near a victim, then it’s probably the one that committed the crime. Read More
Being Progressive is Actually Regressive
If you watched the first Democratic debate, you now know that the preferred label for Democratic candidates is no longer liberal, but progressive.
They all used the term to describe themselves and seemed to revel in it. Read More