The Army announced this week that there would be an update to the service’s appearance and grooming regulations. Most of the changes go into effect on Feb. 24 and include mundane updates such as the official implementation of the Expert Soldier Badge and a new name for the right sleeve…

How many more Super Bowls will you watch before you die? Tim Urban, the author of the excellent Wait But Why, considered this question in his 2015 post “The Tail End.” In addition to measuring his remaining time in days, weeks, and months, Urban also measured time by the number…

Elon Musk hates meetings and presentations. Or at least, he doesn’t find them as productive as getting out of his office and into his companies’ workspaces. Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, spoke about his leadership style last month at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council annual summit…

There is no doubt that the occupation of the United States Capitol by pro-Trump insurgents was a planned insurrection, designed to disrupt the 2020 election certification in an ill-fated effort to install President Donald Trump for a second unearned term of office. The mob, called “American Patriots” by at least…

I was upstairs when I heard two blood-curdling screams from outside my mom’s house, followed by, “Quick! Someone is here!” My two children and their aunt were outside in the front yard. As I rushed downstairs and out of the front door, I assumed someone was trying to either abduct…

Like many people, I make resolutions every January and forget them by February. However, at the beginning of 2020, I took a different approach. I decided I would make serious resolutions. This was a two-fold effort and a process I think can be replicated by anyone. The first thing to…

A company’s CEO and CFO were discussing training programs for their employees when the CFO says, “what happens if we train them and they leave?” The CEO replies, “what if we don’t, and they stay?” This unattributed business adage (or maybe the attribution has been lost due to thousands of…

“The Army fires or suspends 14 leaders at Fort Hood,” read headlines across the country this week after the Army released the independent investigation into the command climate at the base. The Fort Hood Independent Review Committee report that led the Army to take the personnel actions is jarring. Army…

“I love you,” the battalion operations officer often said to me when we ended conversations on the phone. The first time he said it, I instinctively responded by saying, “love you too!” And then I followed up with, “wait, did you mean to say that?” “Sure did. Because I love…