Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt, Here, have a Hurricane, and pull up a chair, let’s talk. Now normally, I would do a year in review or something, but frankly, this has been a year I don’t want to review, relive or even remember. Instead, I’m going to just talk about last week. OK,…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt, pull up a chair, pour some eggnog, have some Christmas cookies, or whatever means Christmas/Yule/Hannukah/any of the other winter solstice holidays to you. The day before yesterday as I write this was the shortest day of the year. Life as we know it, with some exceptions that…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt, pull up a chair, pour something, and let’s talk. I was hard put to find something I wanted to talk about today. I think I’m going to discuss what passes for journalism these days. Look journalism used to mean “reporting the facts.” Now it seems the dictionary has…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt, pull up a chair, pour something, and let’s talk. Ah, another week where I have more targets than time. Now I could discuss the lawsuit that places… I think it’s 9 states now, and the office of the President, against four states, before SCOTUS in what stands one…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt, Pull up a chair, pull a draft and let’s talk. Well, last week we talked about security, this week, I’m going to discuss leadership. But first, let me mention that the Navy finally grasped the nettle and admitted that the Bonny Dick, (the Bonhomme Richard) is toast,…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Pull up a chair and have a cup of coffee, class is in session. I’m going to break with my normal tradition of discussing the events of the day. This is the first of an occasional series on various timeless topics. Today, we are going to discuss “Security”. …
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Have a seat, have a beer, and let’s talk. There’s a certain group of “intellectuals” and “Military experts” that just absolutely despise Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children. Colonel Douglas Macgregor USA Ret is at least in good company, Truman (who knew about the US military only what…