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Customer Service
“Why don’t we go to Costco anymore?” my son asked me as I pulled into the local grocery store parking lot. I snapped a reply, “Because they don’t care about their customers anymore.” It rolled off my tongue so quickly it generated some introspection. Was my statement true? Had it really come
Stick The Landing
I recently watched one of this year’s Oscar nominated films, Minari, and was pleasantly surprised. Minari tells the story of a young Korean family circa 1980 struggling to turn a few acres of Arkansas country into a Korean vegetable farm. It was quite good, until it wasn’t. This is a problem I
Ragged Old Flag: A Story Of Six American Flags
[This was originally posted as Six Flags, January 2021] I don’t recall American flags flying outside my childhood homes, but they did – every Fourth of July, at least. I suspect we may have flown them more often but have no recollection of it and I’m not sure why that is. My
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The Big Lie
In recent interviews, Liz Cheney has been calling President Trump’s insistence that the 2020 election was stolen as “The Big Lie.” And over the weekend the mainstream media has been beside themselves over the forensic audit underway in Arizona. Today, President Trump decided to take those words and shove them back in
McClellan, And Other Leaders Who Got It Wrong
American history is replete with examples of military leaders making foolish and erroneous declarations. Perhaps none did so more frequently and with such significant consequences than George B. McClellan, arguably the worst commander in U.S. military history, a man who never missed an opportunity to be wrong with a spectacular inability to
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The Nerd Cut: Creed II
I love almost everything about the Rocky franchise. The original Rocky deserves its accolades; Rocky II wasn’t great but it was a satisfying sequel. Rocky III is still my favorite despite it being the epitome of all things 80’s, and Rocky IV is both one of the best Cold War movies and