Category: General

Big Business as the Engine of Small Business

Posted: July 20, 2026

Small businesses are the lifeblood of our local economies. But they don’t thrive in a vacuum. From March 2023 through March 2024: Small businesses created about 1.2 million net new jobs That was 88.9% of all net new jobs in the United States Over the last decade, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that small businesses: Employed roughly 46% […]

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The Day We Stop Trusting Reality

Posted: May 11, 2026

There was a time when disagreement meant debate. Today, it increasingly means something more dangerous: we cannot even agree on what is real. The issue is no longer simply polarization—it is the erosion of a shared reality.

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We’re Solving the Wrong Problem in Military Transition

Posted: March 16, 2026

We are investing in transition upside down. Eighty percent of transition programming focuses on employment, résumé translation, credentialing, and placement pipelines. Twenty percent focuses on psychological stabilization. The data suggests that ratio should be reversed.

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Push Through the Kill Zone

Posted: March 2, 2026

In military operations, the kill zone is the worst possible place to hesitate. It’s the area where the enemy has concentrated firepower. Maximum exposure. Maximum vulnerability. Maximum chaos. When you enter it, instinct says: Take cover. Freeze. Pull back. That instinct gets people killed. The correct move? Push through. Aggressively. Not recklessly — decisively. Because […]

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Straining at Nats and Swallowing Camels

Posted: February 9, 2026

The bottom line is AI needs to replace humans in some capacities. Not because people don’t matter—but because judgment does. Otherwise, we will keep straining at gnats and swallowing camels.

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Will the Real Narcissist Please Stand Up?

Posted: February 2, 2026

The real narcissists among us are those whose self-concept is fractured. Their ego (literally translated “I”) is only satiated by projecting their vitriol on those whose success triggers their insecurities. Their ego, their identity, is built on tearing others down for their lack of success. 

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