Image via Wikipedia a friend of mine has a son in the Army stationed in Korea. he called home last night to tell his mom that if he didnt call home on Thanksgiving day not to worry, just that he would be in the field his dad (a retired officer) got on the phone to […]
Month: November 2010
The 8011 person crisis
Image via Wikipedia Hat tip to Ed Morrissey: 255 million: The number of Americans with existing health insurance coverage. 20 million: The number of Americans without any health coverage at all due to economic circumstances. 375,000: The number of Americans with pre-existing conditions HHS said would apply for coverage in the first year of ObamaCare, one […]
The power of math and clueless Ben
Image via Wikipedia John Allison, who for two decades served as chairman and CEO of BB&T, the nation’s 10th largest bank, told CNSNews.com it is a “mathematical certainty” that the United States government will go bankrupt unless it dramatically changes its fiscal direction. Allison likened what he sees as the predictable future bankruptcy of the United States […]
Reflecting on a strategic inflection point at CGSC in Army education
Image via Wikipedia Each year, more than 1500 Majors from the United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, along with more than 100 specially selected international officers of equivalent rank, are assigned to attend the United States Army Command & General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. In 2010, the vast majority of […]
Late night reflections on theory
In preparing these remarks I was struck by how our use of the word theory encompasses both theory and practice. There’ve been discussions in these threads already about various theoretical models which may be used to describe, explain and predict organizational behavior. Then there are references to theories – in – use where the sense […]