When Is The Right Time To Leave A Job
Talking with a colleague about when it is the right time to leave a job got me thinking about why I’ve left jobs in the past. My first gig out of the military was...
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New Book Release: Really Bad Poetry from the Eighties and Nineties
So, I finally did what I said I was going to do so many years ago. I put out a collection of my early poetry. I have only been talking about it since before...
General Officers Letter to U.S. Presidential Candidates re: Torture
GENERAL CHARLES C. KRULAK, USMC (RET.) GENERAL DAVID M. MADDOX, USA (RET.) GENERAL MERRILL A. MCPEAK, USAF (RET.) GENERAL BARRY MCCAFFREY, USA (RET.) VICE ADMIRAL RICHARD H. CARMONA, USPHS (RET.) LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN CASTELLAW,...
Strength Comes With Struggle
I have been told more than once that I have a LOT of patience and skill in dealing with difficult people. Oh, you seriously have no idea how I acquired that trait.
Advocacy Scars…
I’ve been involved with civil liberties advocacy for over 20 years. I actually started in a limited manner while on active duty, when I wrote my Congressional delegation in my own name to protest...
Statement on Life and Death of Julian Bond
The Multiracial Activist Statement on Life and Death of Julian Bond I had a lot of respect for this man, even while disagreeing vehemently with the NAACP’s utterly repugnant, indefensible and outright...
Entitlement Vs. Earning (or Chevrons Do Not = Competence)
Of course the flip side of this meme are veterans who arrogantly believe that their DD-214 ENTITLES them to any job they so desire, regardless of qualifications, skills and experience. Before the whining...
Performance Reviews Are Not Performing Well
Vauhini Vara, writing for The New Yorker, on “The Push Against Performance Reviews“: “…the annual performance review has been falling out of favor in some quarters. Microsoft and Gap are among several companies...
Survivor Advocacy Isn’t A Competition (or You Aren’t Actually Helping)
This will be a bit of a rant. I know – shock of shocks. You can pick your jaw up off the ground now. I’ve been an activist and advocate on sexual violence issues...