ELKO â The pandemic affected everyone, but none more than the Elko County School District when schools were closed in March, setting off a chaotic year for students, parents, teachers and the community.
Itâs been a year of adapting to changing mandates and CDC policies, said Superintendent Dr. Michele Robinson, who took the helm of the school district on July 1 after the retirement of Todd Pehrson.
âOn March 16, we were not prepared for distance education district-wide, though we adapted as quickly as possible,â Robinson said. The district submitted a distance education plan to State Superintendent Jhone Ebert, but when Sisolak closed school for the remainder of the year, âwe adapted again.â
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Newfangled theories distract from the unchanging art of war.
Most modern military doctrine should be scrapped. The Pentagon would be far better served if our military thinkers got back to the basics and taught the principles of war and little more.
Conflict just keeps getting more complicated. In the modern era, the general response has been to develop new concepts for the how the armed forces ought to conduct themselves. “Bold reimaginings” have sprung forth as quickly as weeds. Getting the “strategic narrative” right is but the latest doctrinal flavor of the month.
But while explanations of how we should fight keep getting more cerebral, sophisticated and sensitive to the conditions surrounding contemporary conflicts, the fighting hasn’t gotten any easier. Occam’s razor suggests that maybe all that fresh thinking isn’t helping win wars.