"Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.” Bruce Coville, Author
October 8, 2014
By: Linda Case Gibbons
It had been a long time since I made a trip to see the U.S.S. Ship of State.
As I remembered, she had been a proud vessel, her pride well earned by her good and glorious deeds.
It was what we intended, back before the Revolutionary War even began.
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"I am not fit for this office and never should have been here.” Warren G. Harding
October 1, 2014
By: Linda Case Gibbons
In an uncertain world, didn’t you always believe that if there was one thing you could count on, it was the Secret Service?
Those craggy-faced veterans -- men like Clint Eastwood -- running at a half jog protectively beside the presidential limousine, scoping the faces in the crowd.
Like Clint...
"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
September 24, 2014
By: Linda Case Gibbons
I thought it was interesting.
Nobody’s been able to locate Lois Lerner’s lost e-mails for, what is it? More than a year?
But somehow, somebody came across this letter. I don’t know how, but it’s a letter of recommendation. It surfaced last week.
No names are ment...
"My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.” Gen. Bernard "Monty” Montgomery
September 17, 2014
By: Linda Case Gibbons
He died sixty-nine years ago, but Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s death can still move people to tears.
Watching the story of his life unfold in the documentary, "The Roosevelts,” it was clear that our coun...
"The error in appointing an incompetent chieftain is in leaving him in a position of authority over other Huns. " Wess Roberts, "Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun”
August 6, 2014
By: Linda Case Gibbons
"Bad guys” don’t fall into the role. They choose it.
Attila the Hun decided he wanted to rule the world when he was a young boy.
And he did.
He conquered most of what was the world back in 434 A.D., by looting, pillagi...
"Cheating and lying aren’t struggles. They’re reasons to break up.” Patti Callahan Henry, Novelist
July 30, 2014
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Not long ago a gigantic wooden statue was rolled across the border into Mission, Texas. It was 40 feet high and fashioned in the image of a giant baby. Very cute!
"What’s it for?” a man asked. "Yeah, what is it?” someone else asked.
"It doesn’t look threatening,” the citizens observed, ...
"We’d all like to vote for the best man, but he’s never a candidate.” Kin Hubbard, American humorist
July 23, 2014
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Two kinds of people in this world: Winners. Losers.*
The winners stand out in a crowd.
Stand-up guys, steadfast, loyal and true, you can see in them the same the qualities our Founding Fathers possessed.
They’re willing to take the challenge, risk it all, protect...