Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

This ball on the bench is prickly like a lot of people. Say or do something that rubs them the wrong way and you got a sharp aching thor...

Does anyone get this sign from the Pro-Life rally last week? Pro-Life is Pro-Hate But equating Pro-Life with hate doesn't add u...

I love this saying from one of my colleagues in the National Security field about the Middle East: If you aren't invited for dinner...

I saw this and thought this was a clean version of "Never get into a pissing contest."  ;-) (Credit Video: Andy Blumenthal)

I thought this was a funny saying that my friend told me.  I'd agree with you but then we'd both be wrong! He said that he act...

This is sort of what I feel happened with North Korea and the U.S. at the Summit in Vietnam this week.  We went into this thinking that ...

So this shutdown has really been an education in political dysfunction, bickering, and childish behavior.  But when President Trump yest...

Sometimes things happen that we don't agree with or like.  We may even get blamed for them when we didn't do anything wrong.  ...

So I like this quote by Carl von Clausewitz: "War is an extension of politics by other means." There is diplomacy and then t...

So this is what I've learned about conflict management... Obviously, we are better off without conflict and to simply all get along-...

I took this photo in the Metro, so I apologize for the poor lighting.  But never-the-less, to me, this wins for best diplomacy shirt.  ...

So my daughter took a training class in critical thinking at work.  And she brought home an excellent handout from the instructor, Haywo...

A wonderful colleague sent me this really impressive photo. This was one of my favorite of 3 aircraft carrier strike groups taken t...

So when it comes to " Crucial Conversations ," they unfortunately frequently end in silence or violence. When the "stakes ...

So presidential candidate, Donald Trump wants to build a wall on the southern U.S. border with Mexico to control immigration for homeland ...

September 4, 1886, Geronimo, the last American Indian warrior surrenders to the United States and later after some time in prison, Geron...

So the lights dim, the camera starts to roll, and what happens... ACTION! The show starts...actors spring into action, and the plot ...

I took this photo in Miami yesterday. A fist attached to a parachute.  Sort of a strange image of strength, fighting, and resolve with...

The personality to be President: 1. Experience, Diplomacy 2. Direct, Honest, Strong, Results-oriented 3. Passionate, Dedication, Surv...

I love this desk doodad that I found in the gallery.  Two guys perched at opposite ends of a strewn out ladder, balancing precariously o...