Scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are trapped on the edge of the cliff. “Way I look at it, we can either fight or give. If we give, we go to jail. If we fight, they can go for position and shoot us, wait and starve […]
Sidewise Thinking
George Patton, Meet Penn and Teller
Photo (l-r): Generals Omar Bradley, Dwight Eisenhower, and George Patton, Bastogne, Belgium, 1944 You may remember the famous scene from the movie. The Germans have launched Operation Wacht am Rhein, better known as the Battle of the Bulge. Elements of the United States First Army, supposedly in a quiet sector of the front, are pinned down […]
What’s Sidewise Thinking?
Sewell Avery being taken from his office by National Guardsmen for refusing to settle a strike that endangered delivery of essential goods during World War II At the end of World War II, Montgomery Ward chairman Sewell Avery made a fateful decision. The United States, he was sure, would experience major difficulties moving from a […]