The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leader and followers.

The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leader and followers.

To "bear arms" is, in itself, a military term. One does not bear arms against a rabbit.

Only the winners decide what were war crimes.

There is a particular danger with a war that God commands. What if God should lose?

Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The national security state assumes the government secrets are too important to be shared, that only those in the know can see classified information, that only the president has all the facts, that we must simply trust that our rulers of acting in our interest.

Not many of us will be leaders; and even those who are leaders must also be followers much of the time. This is the crucial role. Followers judge leaders. Only if the leaders pass that test do they have any impact. The potential followers, if their judgment is poor, have judged themselves. If the leader takes his or her followers to the goal, to great achievements, it is because the followers were capable of that kind of response.