John T. Reed’s news blog

Copyright by John T. Reed ‘Natural great leader’ I have heard Obama’s groupies describe him as “brilliant,” as a “great politician,” and as a “great natural leader.” I’ll set the first two aside for the moment, but I know he is no leader. I do not see myself as a great leader. I am the kind of guy who comes in second for home room representative, gets selected team captain or club president occasionally. I am not the type who gets elected fraternity president, class president, mayor, or any of that. Notwithstanding my minimal traditional leadership ability, I have a...

Interesting article at http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/us/despite-concussions-boxing-is-still-required-for-military-cadets.html?_r=0. It is about freshman mandatory boxing at West Point. Teddy Roosevelt started it at West Point President Theodore Roosevelt made boxing mandatory at West Point. Also horseback riding and swordsmanship. They got rid of the horses and swordsmanship in the 1940s I think. But we had to do the boxing when I was there. I thought it was super for instilling the idea that in war you either hit or get hit and hitting is better. Football also does that, but although they have intramural football at West Point, it is not mandatory. It was mandatory that...

Ben Carson is getting crap for saying he would have attacked the gunman in OR had he been there, and invited everyone else to join him.He is quite correct. It’s just common sense. I wrote an article advocating just that albeit with some technical details like attacking when he is changing magazines. Here’s another technical detail. Classrooms typically have two things that could be used as weapons: desks and chairs. They may also have a fire extinguisher which can be squirted at the gunman’s eyes and then when it’s empty, used to bash his head in. I think the Flight 93...

I got some complaints that my new state-of-the-art website was harder to navigate. (Johntreed.com) So I changed the “John’s blogs” page. It used to have just a list of 8 blogs: my six book subjects plus headline news and military matters. Those take you to a page with the most recent five blog posts for each category. What I changed was to make that TWO columns. The right column is the same, but the left column gives you a linked list of ALL the articles on that subject. For the headline news and military articles, that takes you essentially to...

On passing the football at the high school and lower levels.The math geniuses who make guaranteed lottery profits.Wall Street Journal will not praise homes as investments even after 80% equity rise in 5 yearsApr 09, 2025.Wall Street Journal pushes extremely bad Rent-to-own scheme to counter high mortgage rates..Capital is often not free, but you are. Prepare to use that.Mar 01, 2025.Do NOT buy TIPS for inflation protectionFeb 15, 2025. Wall Street Journal still unwisely telling everyone now is not the time to buy a home .John T. Reed’s rules of investmentJan 03, 2025.Bengals won in OT but could have won...