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• The Battlefield Is Not a Diversity Workshop April 28, 2026
  There was a stretch of time when the Pentagon seemed to believe war was, at bottom, a branding problem. Not a logistics problem. Not a training problem. Not a standards problem. Not a leadership problem. A branding problem. The enemy, apparently, would be so overwhelmed by the moral radiance of our internal messaging architecture that […]
  Tammy Pondsmith
• I Left the Building, Not the Savior April 28, 2026
  With most things in my life, there isn’t a direct route. I find the most convoluted pathway, and then stutter-step back and forth until I eventually land somewhere. To say my journey with faith was any different would be something bordering on hysterical. I explained some of that journey in a recent interview for a […]
  Stan Lake
• Joy is Greater than Happiness April 28, 2026
  Chasing what lasts instead of what fades. This month, I got to do something awesome — watch my daughter say, “I do.” The wedding was beautiful. The setting. The people. The energy. But it was something the pastor said that really resonated. He said, “Love is more than a feeling — it’s an action word.” […]
  JC Glick
• Iran’s Pink Missile Problem April 27, 2026
  Some regimes project power. Others perform it. And right now, Iran is doing theater. Not the kind meant to entertain—but the kind meant to distract, distort, and disguise a reality the regime can no longer fully control. Because when you get to the point where you’re painting missiles pink to satisfy a child’s request, you’re […]
  Charles Faint
• The Shaggy Dog April 27, 2026
  It comes from above and below.Nature. Death. The Shaggy Dog.Diogenes, what is our nature?The dog says it is the spirit of the soul.The spirit says it is the dog.The soul says it is whole.Dogmatic is the soldier.Nature is the soldier.Wholeness is incomplete without the soul.Our nature is our being, so says the dog. It comes […]
  Special Guest