People weakened their hands by feeling they had to fill uncomfortable silences.
Ockham’s razor. The simplest explanation was usually correct. They
Move or make a sound and you’re going to the bottom of Dubai Creek. Understand me?
Malthus believed that a Utopian society could never be achieved as long as the world’s population was allowed to continue to grow unchecked. The only way to protect the earth and improve the existence...
In America, only opportunity is assured, not outcomes. Anyone who promises otherwise is acting contrary to the values upon which our Republic was founded.
He carried no electronics. No laptop, no cell phone, no walkie-talkie. He carried no ID. Beside his large-caliber Glock, spare magazines, and a knife, there was nothing on his person that could connec...
Harmon wasn’t a polished Ivy Leaguer like Cahill. He was tall, built like a brick shithouse, and he didn’t attend fancy parties. He usually drank alone in the decrepit back-alley bars of some of the w...
Germany’s famed GSG9 counterterrorism unit and until a bullet injury to his leg
From the front passenger seat, one of Yaqub’s fighters produced a short-barreled shotgun. As soon as Harvath saw it come above the line of the dashboard, he yelled, Gun! and fired multiple rounds thro...
Colonel Jiang Shi hated politicians. Few possessed analytic minds. Fewer still understood the tenets of warfare. It was why he had wanted the politicians kept out of it. But the nine-member Politburo...
Carlton signaled and merged into a faster-moving lane. Jacobson gave us his file with everything on the
As the old saying goes, you can’t spell unprofessional, unethical, or unaccountable without the UN.
As it says in Job—They that plow iniquity and sow mischief shall reap the same.
1. Decrease current human population below five hundred million and keep it in perpetual balance with nature. 2. Guide reproduction wisely—improving fitness and diversity. 3. Unite humanity with a liv...
Yours, Rob, she replied. Damn it, Gretchen, he said. This is how it works. I can’t always give you all the information. Well you could have given us more. The statement hung in the air between them fo...
You ever work with a UN stabilization force? Ash asked. Harvath shook his head. Then trust me. As the old saying goes, you can’t spell unprofessional, unethical, or unaccountable without the UN. The c...
You can’t always choose the situation you find yourself in, but you can choose how you react to it.
The only people who might hope to survive were those who had exercised some degree of caution and had prepared in advance.
My point is that bureaucrats—like everyone else—have a mind-set. The longer they work for government, the more they believe government is the answer, and the less they trust the everyday citizen. In f...
Leadership was not only about taking charge, it was also about giving your team everything they needed to succeed, and then getting out of their way. It meant knowing when you should be the first pers...