It’s not just me! James Comey’s testimony about the surrealistic dead of night visit by Gonzales to John Ashcroft’s hospital bed has all thinking people grasping for the correct words to describe it. Here is the New York Times editorial on the subject: Mr. Gonzales’s Incredible Adventure – New York Times Any way you cut […]

This morning produces another great article to digest. This time in the Washington Post:Charles C. Krulak and Joseph P. Hoar – It’s Our Cage, Too – washingtonpost.com I don’t need to add too much to this one because the authors hit their main point well: the role of leadership is not to exacerbate fear and […]

Fred Kaplan has this good article in Slate this morning:How our generals got so mediocre. – By Fred Kaplan – Slate Magazine It’s worth reading because it highlights something I think goes well beyond the military. The mediocrity of leadership is endemic throughout America. It permeates into business and acedemia as well. The problem that […]