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05/07/2026

I realize that acceptance letters have been issued, received and accepted for colleges, universities, the military, and other post-HS opportunities. I applaud all! One college, in particular, I highly recommend, today and in the future, is Saint Michael's College in VT. https://www.smcvt.edu/about-smc/

This is truly a special place, and as a Catholic institution, SMC is a whole community for any student and background, even for me when I attended!

As stated on its website (for which I fully and honestly can attest to:

"We are a liberal arts college. Students are encouraged, intellectually stimulated and inspired by a variety of disciplines in addition to their major. We believe in providing flexibility so that students can pursue a second major or multiple minors. Our students can explore more of what they are passionate about. We want our students to be better prepared not only for their first job, but for an employment marketplace that is constantly evolving.

Saint Michael’s location is the ideal place to attend college. We are just outside of Burlington, a quintessential beautiful college town located between Lake Champlain and the Green Mountains. But it is the scale of Burlington and Vermont that ensures everything is well within reach – from outdoor adventure, to working on restoring ecosystems, to meaningful internships and job opportunities."

Whatever discipline, SMC will prepare you --- I know that well from my career, and my time at SMC through my own History, Political Science and Business studies/disciplines, as well as campus services, community engagement, sports, clubs, fire and emergency services and other opportunities. You not only develop life-long skills, abilities, and capabilities through thinking, analysis, and learning, but life-long friends and memories!!

Something to definitely checkout and consider!!

Saint Michael's College is a Catholic, liberal arts, fully residential college located just outside Burlington, Vermont - a beautiful college town.

05/07/2026

First, LinkedIn is not about politics, nor is this post

Second, when we set rules that disenfranchise a segment of our population, we set rules that negatively impact both society and business.

Per the recent Supreme Court decision regarding the Voting Rights Act (Louisiana vs. Callais, 24-109 (4/29/26)), we have created opportunities to do that. Per NYT article today: "Republicans in Tennessee unveiled a new congressional map that carves up a majority-Black district around Memphis. It would likely eliminate the state’s sole Democratic seat."

TN's population census data (2020), TN's population is 71% White, 16% Black/African-American, 7% Hispanic/Latino, 2% Asian, and 4% not designated.

TN has nine members of the U.S. House of Representative. Based mathematically on its population (excluding not designated), the breakout of the nine representatives would be: six, two, and one (White, Black/African-American, Hispanic/Latino).

This is not a D or R but rather U.S. matter as both sides are now pursuing!

We are founded on the principle of "No taxation without representation", for which the corollary is "No governing without representation". Should we not create and follow a framework of governing to support this principle? And then support those we do business with or provide goods and services!

04/01/2026

Have you had to use the DOS Command prompt lately? If you work with Windows you should know how!!

I needed to resolve an upload conflict, which I did and that brought me back many, many, many years when I first used DOS (and actually wrote some code).

I also have to acknowledge that Windows support, which is available, is value-added! https://support.microsoft.com/home/contact?origin=ems&trysignin=0

For reference, it you don't remember the DOS commands, just go into the DOS prompt and enter help. Also, if you want to use many of them you need to sign in as the Administrator (right click on the app to get into DOS).

Enjoy :) :) :)

03/21/2026

First, I am not a pacifist and truly believe in protecting our country, supporting our strategic partners, and fighting “evil” and the unprotected like we finally did in WWII (and protecting the innocent)

Equally I believe in our democracy and our laws that promotes and protects freedom of speech.

Thus, whatever the views on the current Middle East conflict, we all have a right to express those views, whether in support, against or even neutral. History should be the final arbiter/judge

So when I see politicians disparage and demonize those not supporting their position, we need to consider why and if appropriate. Again stating that freedom of speech works both ways.

I’m reminded of a couple prior examples:

1. The Nixon administration publicly framed anti-war protesters/dissenters as a "vocal minority" or "bums" who were out of touch with the "great silent majority" of Americans.

2. The Bush Administration equated the act of protesting to a "focus group” and that protesters/dissenters were often dismissed as not understanding the necessity of the "security of the people" or the dangers posed by Saddam Hussein, which the administration framed as a "risk to peace".

So the current rhetoric does not change the right for everyone to have their views whether we agree or not. And I fully recognize, sadly, that with no barriers on social media and corporate control over news outlets, I feel we have re-entered a period of “Yellow Journalism” including by foreign actors.

Finally, as a reminder, societies without freedom of speech are typically called authoritarian regimes, totalitarian states, or dictatorships. These societies often feature strict government censorship, control over media, and suppressed dissent.

03/08/2026

Wars are devastating, to be considered carefully and completely. When necessary, outcomes and post-conflict must be foremost from before, during and after. It is not only the combatants that “pay the price” but the world, either directly or indirectly.

This is not to say wars are avoidable or not necessary. But preemptive attacks must be based on immediate, validated and confirmed threats, and with no other viable options. Civilians, non-combatants always suffer horrifically, and destruction can be irresistible (physically or psychologically).

So tread very carefully with unchallenged, unquestionable, and undistributed basis, and solely based on your morals, beliefs, and values; not other aggressors. But when needed, like WWII, stopping evil, with allies, and with moral imperative is essential.

As a point of reference, as a result of WWII, est. 80 million dead, over 60% civilians. The genocide of the Jewish population — over 30% killed. Deaths as % of 1939 population besides Germany (and allies) and Russia (including 25% for Belarus and 26% for Ukraine), Poland 17%, Nauru 15%, Greece 10%, UK 1%, USA 0.32%

To conclude, this is not a statement about the current Iran conflict, the Israel response to the heinous acts of 10/7/23 and attacks on Gaza, or the Venezuela regime change, but what should be inviolate decisions not just today but for generations ahead.

01/29/2026

From the NY Times:

The Doomsday Clock, a metaphorical timepiece meant to depict how close humanity is to destruction, ticked closer than ever to midnight on Tuesday: 85 seconds to the stroke of doom.

It is the grimmest outlook yet on Earth’s future from the clock’s creators, a nonprofit organization and publication called the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that has set the clock each year since 1947.

Tensions between nuclear powers, failures in climate action, disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence and the rise of autocracy are among the reasons that the Bulletin’s experts in global security, climate and nuclear science cited for advancing it four seconds from last year.

Bottomline: We can do better! And understand history to learn from and not repeat, but also to grow from. As businesses, employers, employees, citizens, and people.

On Jan. 27, 2026, the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight.

01/18/2026

Tomorrow we celebrate and honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King (MLK), who tragically was killed on 4/4/1968 for speaking up and championing needed change, including equality and justice. In 1983, President Reagan signed into law the now MLK federal holiday.

Every MLK federal holiday, and throughout the year, I take time to re-read many of his quotes (and from others) and listen to his speeches (and from others), that still provide me a sense of continued hope, expectations, and the needs that remain. I hope we all do the same.

Prophetically, the night before his murder, MLK in his "I Been to the Mountaintop" speech at the Memphis TN Mason Temple, he said...."And I've seen the Promised Land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land!"

But he also said, "Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right. And so just as I said, we aren't going to let dogs or water hoses turn us around. We aren't going to let any injunction turn us around. We are going on."

This also reminds me of President Lincoln's 2nd inaugural address when he stated, "With malice toward none with charity for all with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right let us strive on to finish the work we are in to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan ~ to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."

Finally, MLK firmly believed in the words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty plaque that represented "universal dignity": ".... "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

So for me (and hope same for you), democracy, faith, healing, justice, equality, and so much more, are not to be taken for granted but need our sustained and ongoing commitment, actions, resilience, and the whole of us!

I hope you share with others and express your own feelings and views.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s leadership achieved more genuine progress toward racial equality in America than the previous 350 years.