I’m pleased as can be to present my review of one of the finest WWII history books I’ve ever read. Sand & Steel: The D-Day Invasion and the Liberation of France by Professor Peter Caddick-Adams is a triumph. It’s a dense book, and perhaps will seem a daunting one to many people, at nearly 900 […]

According to Jim Craig, goalie for the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, he and his teammates had no doubt they would win the gold medal. They did, of course, almost exactly 40 years ago, in a story that has now become legend. February’s milestone anniversary prompted Craig to write his new book, We Win! Lessons […]

I had a great time collaborating with Gabe Batstone, CEO of contextere, on my latest Forbes column. Along the way, though, I learned about another part of Gabe’s life. Four years ago, his 8 year old daughter Teagan was murdered by her mother, Gabe’s ex-wife, who had had mental health problems and had attempted suicide. […]

It was some months ago that I read a post on LinkedIn by a young woman company founder extolling her women-led workplace. Now, I have absolutely nothing against a women-led workplace – I’ve known a great many women who did or could lead a whale of a workplace. But this particular leader, as part of cheering […]

It was just two days ago I wrote about avoiding victimhood by counting your blessings and finding heroes. I closed with a postscript about there being heroes all around us, easy to find if we pay attention. Last night our Boy Scout Troop did a timely service project at a local cemetery, clearing overgrowth and cleaning up […]

I can’t quite say I couldn’t put this book down. I started reading it yesterday afternoon, and though I really didn’t want to, I forced myself to put it down at 11 o’clock last night, just after US captain Mike Eruzione scored to put his team ahead of the Soviets, 4-3. I picked it up […]

After watching the movie A Bridge Too Far again recently, my thoughts turned once more to one of my favorite historians – the man who wrote the book on which the movie is based, Cornelius Ryan. Poking around on the Internet, I was pleased to discover a book of his I’d never read: One Minute […]

Last week, in the Webelos Den I lead, we learned about heroism. One part of the program was to discuss a Scout hero. I figured there had to be some good examples among Eagle Scouts. Sure enough, Bing.com led me to the story of Marine Sergeant (later Colonel) Mitchell Paige, who won the Congressional Medal […]

I was disgusted last Saturday to read about some virtue-signaling nitwit who said Hollywood should stop making movies like Dunkirk, because they reinforce a negative version of masculinity. Now, there’s stupid. We’ve always had lots and lots of that. Then there’s dangerously, malignantly, criminally stupid. We seem to have more and more of that. And […]

Photo by Robert F. Sargent, US Coast Guard It’s one of the most iconic images from WWII. Usually it’s used to highlight the impossibly courageous men shown storming Omaha Beach during D-Day, and quite appropriately so. This article, though, focuses instead on the boat, and its inventor and manufacturer, Andrew Jackson Higgins. Who’s ever heard […]