65% of elected offices. 72% of Fortune 500 corporate leaders. 87% of General/Flag rank Officers in the Military. 67% of Police Officers. 89% of partners at VC firms. 80% of Hollywood Directors. […]
The Market Correction
Why Our Best Don’t Run for Office
I served with now former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens. In 2004 we were both assigned to be Officers in Charge of Naval Special Warfare small boat detachments in the same squadron. It […]
Dependence
I’ve seen it in the comments section of my blog enough times to recognize the pattern. Invariably, someone throws down the gauntlet. “If you want my guns, come and get them.“
American Ragnarok
I started writing this post last year the night I took my boys to see Thor Ragnarok. As has happened too often over the last two years though, a mass shooting, this […]
Roy Moore is What Happens When No One Believes Anything
The incentive system in politics has a structural flaw. Our elected representatives are aptly named. They represent our values or our policy preferences. Hopefully both. Those representatives are people though; subject to […]
The Hard Truth
I’ve done the work on guns. I own one. I’ve fired just about every kind. I’ve packed them up in containers and hauled them around the world and spent hours lining them […]
In God’s Country
Larry Mullen’s snare drum rips a hole in the darkness and silence with that iconic march. The unmistakable metallic, rattling scream of The Edge crashes off the walls of the stadium and […]
The Tragedy of Politics
There’s an inherent human need to look to the past and connect it with what we’re seeing around us. We seek to anchor the new that we see to something more comfortable. […]
The Marital Bliss of Green Politics
Nothing so much reminds me of the bickering of a dysfunctional married couple than environmental politics. He does something wrong. She points it out. He refuses to acknowledge it. Over time the […]
The Consequences of Democracy
“This is political Jihad perpetrated by the Democrats.” James Woods of 80’s movie character actor fame and more recent but less entertaining conservative tweet fame tweeted. He’s right. Though, I’ve been through […]
