Entries by Skeeter

When Trust Breaks Down at the Top

When Trust Breaks Down at the Top: A Lesson in Accountability and Managing Up By Skeeter Wesinger May 18, 2025 Introduction Trust and accountability are the bedrock of effective leadership. When those foundations crack, even the most talented teams can falter. I learned this lesson the hard way a few years ago, through a personal […]

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When the Dead Speak

When the Dead Speak: AI, Ethics, and the Voice of a Murder Victim By Skeeter Wesinger May 7, 2025 In a Phoenix courtroom not long ago, something happened that stopped time. A voice echoed through the chamber—steady, direct, unmistakably human. “To Gabriel Horcasitas, the man who shot me: it is a shame we encountered each […]

The Fall of Saigon

Fifty Years Gone: Saigon and the End of America’s Long War By Skeeter Wesinger May 4, 2025 This week marks fifty years since the fall of Saigon—though in truth, the city did not fall. It was abandoned. On April 30, 1975, a North Vietnamese tank breached the iron gates of the Presidential Palace, and the […]

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Tailspin

Tailspin, by John Armbruster, is more than a memoir of war—it is a painstaking excavation of memory and mortality, told through the dual lenses of witness and chronicler. At its center is Gene Moran, a boy of eighteen from Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, flung without ceremony into the great conflagration of the Second World War. As […]

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Beyond Euclidean Memory

Beyond Euclidean Memory: Quantum Storage Architectures Using 4D Hypercubes, Wormhole-Looped States, and Braided Qubit Paths By Skeeter Wesinger Abstract In the evolving landscape of quantum technology, traditional memory systems rooted in Euclidean geometry are hitting their limits. This post explores three radical constructs—4D hypercubes, wormhole-looped memory states, and braided qubit paths—that are redefining how information […]

The Last Arizona Ranger

The Last Arizona Ranger: Remembering Harry McPhaul, Lawman, Prospector, Legend By Skeeter Wesinger April 15, 2025 In an era when the American West was still being shaped not by policy but by the blunt instruments of grit, lead, and willpower, Henry Harrison “Harry” McPhaul carved his own story into the sun-bleached soil of Arizona. He […]

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A new phase of the Cold War has begun

BEIJING, China—In a capital swathed in the gray chill of economic anxiety, the Mandarins of the Chinese Communist Party convened once again, their faces impassive, their words forceful. A new phase of the Cold War has begun. By Skeeter Wesinger April 9. 2025 China, though publicly resolved to “fight to the end,” remains exposed—strategically, industrially, […]

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F-16 Block 70/72

It is a common misconception to regard the F-16 Block 70/72 as a 50-year-old aircraft simply because the original F-16 design dates back to the 1970s. In reality, the Block 70/72 represents a fundamentally modern fighter jet that only shares the general airframe shape and aerodynamic lineage of its predecessors. Everything else—from its avionics and […]

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Cold War 2.0 in all but name

In recent remarks made by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun, who criticized the United States for approving a proposed sale to the Philippines of 16 F-16C Block 70/72 fighter aircraft, four F-16D models, Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, radar systems, spare parts, and associated training support. Guo’s pointed questions—“Who exactly is fueling the flames? Who exactly […]

A man between tempests

A Tale from Bud McCrary You know, my great-grandfather, Joshua Grinnell, was born back in 1834 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts—right there in Bristol County, where the shipyards once hummed, and the salt breeze still clings to every old rope coil and weathered dock. His father, also named Joshua, was 37 when he was born, and his […]