Book Review: Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning

Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning by Andrei Martyanov My rating: 2 of 5 stars I have to admit I bought this book because the title and premise were intriguing, matching some of my own concerns about the recent, current and future state of the US military. But, wow, what a crazy …

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A “Major” Status Update

I published this article on LinkedIn today. I thought I would share it here. If you wish to see it at the source, you can find it on my LinkedIn profile. However, I'm going to republish the piece in its entirety here, since not everyone has a LI account and some would not be able …

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Good “Pain” Article: “25 ‘Scary’ Side Effects of Chronic Pain We Don’t Talk About”

I subscribe to a health e-zine some of you may know: The Mighty. It tends to focus on areas such as cancer, mental illness, disability, chronic pain, chronic conditions, rare diseases and many more topics. I have several primary categories I read it for. Today I found an article there that I really felt like …

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It’s Not Just Huawei and ZTE…

I published an article on my LinkedIn page today. This is the gist. There are other technology-based companies in China, some much bigger & wealthier than Huawei, that *could* be capable of things some accuse the more famous companies of while hiding beneath the surface. Here is the link to it if you're interested: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-just-huawei-zte-scott-holstad. …

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Giving up my smartphone

I'm considering this very thing and have been researching good flip phones for many weeks. I have steep technological preferences, so unfortunately, most don't work for me, and I did order a decent and highly rated Kyrocera, only to find when I hook it to my computer, it's not recognized and I downloaded the current …

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