The C.A.T. Principle

Are You Guilty of Strategic Ignorance? We live in an age of strategic ignorance, and we are all guilty of it at one time or another. What do I mean by “strategic ignorance?” Strategic ignorance is the willful choice of…

Putting Life into Perspective… Those of you who are readers of history will perhaps appreciate this writing more than others. As an avid reader of biographies, particularly historic characters, I love to discover their thoughts, desires, and ambitions. It’s fascinating…

So, What’s Your Plan? Supreme Allied Commander and then later President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), remarked that “plans are worthless, but planning is everything.”  Known for his planning prowess for Operation Overlord (the Allied invasion of…

After a six-year hiatus of writing, I decided it was finally time to return to the laptop keyboard. Although the fingers are a little bit stale, I figured there was no better time to dust off the cobwebs than by…

Into The Great Wide Open: Touring The American West (Part X & Final)… Writing is a solitary event. It draws from within to expel to without. It causes reflection and creates a mystical sense of discovery. As I departed for…

Into The Great Wide Open: Touring The American West (Part IX)… The Illinois state capital of Springfield is a place unto its own. It emits a time of another era, but even more so, it casts a spell. Every street…

Into The Great Wide Open: Touring The American West (Part VIII)… Crossing the Missouri River at Omaha one lands at Council Bluffs, Iowa. It’s there one turns south onto Interstate 29 and heads for the green farms of Missouri. As…

Into The Great Wide Open: Touring The American West (Part VII)… Lincoln, Nebraska is bigger than I thought. With almost 300,000 people, one drives through expansive suburban areas before arriving downtown. This I discovered the next morning as I headed…

Into The Great Wide Open: Touring The American West (Part VI)… As the Denver skyline faded to a distant silhouette in the rear-view mirror, the broad expanse of eastern Colorado opened. It was a reminder of what was to come…

Into The Great Wide Open: Touring The American West (Part V)… Onward I drove, onward through the American West. Six and a half hours lay ahead as I traversed Interstate 80 eastbound through southern Wyoming. I headed towards Cheyenne where…