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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Defense strategic thinking: Taking Chinese military thinking seriously
One of the assertions is that US defense strategy thinkers don't take Chinese military thinking seriously. Main point: "As Chiang Kai-shek emphasized to journalist Theodore White during their first meeting in 1941: 'You think it is important that I have kept the...
US grand strategy considerations 1
This overview of articles on US defense strategy showed up in my newsfeed, and the summaries of the content make for interesting assertions. Main point: The essays being summarized sought to "ponder the equally important 'unknown unknowns' and, insofar as this is...
Transition to tradesVia Military Missions Network on Facebook: "Millennials (those born after 1980) face an uncertain, scary future: Student loan debts, healthcare costs, and living expenses are higher than ever, while the postrecession labor market continues to slog....
Leading a small group discussion?Here are some elements to help you organize your discussion questions taken from my Your Unfinished Business (available as paperback and Kindle) study guides. They give you different ways to help participants tackle the discussion...
Leading a small group discussion?Here are some elements to help you organize your discussion questions taken from my Your Unfinished Business (available as paperback and Kindle) study guides. They give you different ways to help participants tackle the discussion...
Leading a small group Bible or book study?Here are some tips from my Your Unfinished Business (available as paperback and Kindle) study guides.What’s said in the small group stays in the small group. Sharing personal thoughts can be an experience in...
Leading a small group Bible or book study?Here are some tips from my Your Unfinished Business (available as paperback and Kindle) study guides.What’s said in the small group stays in the small group. Sharing personal thoughts can be an experience in...
Print versus digital: Which is better?This looks like a topic that will keep pundits employed for quite a while. Via Education Advisory Board, report concluded digital may be fine for short, to the point material, but print was better for longer, more complex...