(Willow Restaurant corn and ricotta pancakes with shredded Edwards Blue Ribbon country ham.) A pal overseas asked me to comment on the notion of civility in the context of modern American life. I know what he is getting at. The talking heads have been all over the civility thing. They appear to be in general […]

The Colonel didn’t know he was hit when he sprang at the pathetic murderer and grabbed his right arm. Roger Salzgeber grabbed the other and they wrestled him to the ground. The loser was going for a second clip in the pocket of his hoodie- the new tip-off for homicidal losers- when he dropped it […]

I woke in the darkness this morning, almost prepared to deal with 2011. The frantic activity of the last two weeks is over. A pal described the challenge as being part of the “Sandwich Generation,” since requirements coming at us from the older generation and the younger one, with us being the salami and cheese […]

(F-14 Tomcat in Zone Five head into the sunset. Photo USN.) I woke in the darkness this morning, almost prepared to deal with 2011. The frantic activity of the last two weeks is over. A pal described the challenge as being part of the “Sandwich Generation,” since requirements coming at us from the older generation […]

Life certainly has a way of catching you off balance, doesn’t it? The authorities are attempting to sort out a brutal and senseless act of violence in Tucson, Arizona, one so unspeakable that I have a hard time contemplating the motivation. There are nineteen wounded and killed, including a Federal Judge and a nine-year-old girl. […]

(Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and husband CDR Mark Kelly.) Life certainly has a way of catching you off balance, doesn’t it? The authorities are attempting to sort out a brutal and senseless act of violence in Tucson, Arizona, one so unspeakable that I have a hard time contemplating the motivation. There are nineteen wounded and killed, […]

I was in the Navy again for about six hours yesterday, and it felt pretty good. In fact, it felt exceptionally good. In telling the tawdry story of Captain Owen Honors, and examining the latest black eye imposed on the service that was my life’s work, I got a couple notes from officers I admire […]

You can say it is PC run amok, again, but of course PC is a political agenda, and politics never sleeps. I have been watching the slow-motion embarrassing disintegration of the career of Captain Honor Owen, Captain of the Good Ship Enterprise, with no little emotion. The videos have been around for quite a while, […]

(USS Enterprise (CVN-65) steams in underway replenishment formation. Photo Life.) I was in the Navy again for about six hours yesterday, and it felt pretty good. In fact, it felt exceptionally good. In telling the tawdry story of Captain Owen Honors, and examining the latest black eye imposed on the service that was my life’s […]

It is too soon to announce the death of the culture of Naval Aviation. There are still full a dozen US aircraft carriers out there, each one steaming as 97,000 tons of armed diplomacy. The very fact that we are talking about the antics of a fighter pilot entrusted with command of a multi-billion dollar […]