Archive for William J. Ellenberger
Perspective: A Lesson From the Past
Admiral H. G. Rickover was eccentric, an iconoclast, often at odds with his peers and superiors in the Navy. But his perfectionism gave us our nuclear propulsion Navy. Our first nuclear submarine, U.S.S. Nautilus, went into service in January 1955. The Polaris fleet followed in 1960. Rickover named them for patriots beginning with George Washington [...]
1Mar1994 | William J. Ellenberger | 0 comments | ContinuedPerspective: The Freedom Rule
Economically our country, and much of the world, is in better condition than at any time since World War II. We have not had anything comparable to the Great Depression in half a century and have avoided a repetition of World War II for more than four decades. Econometric data show the cyclic nature of [...]
1Feb1990 | William J. Ellenberger | 0 comments | Continued-
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