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FIGHTING TANKS WITH DAISIES: WHY DEMOCRATS LOSE ELECTIONS
Most Americans believe that Nazi Germany was defeated because “we were the Good Guys and they were the Bad Guys.” Not so. The United States—and its allies, Great Britain and the Soviet Union—won the...
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MACHIAVELLI’S ADVICE ON GIVING ADVICE
Ask the average person, “What do you think of Niccolo Machiavelli?” and he’s likely to say: “The devil.” In fact, “The Old Nick” became an English term used to describe Satan and slander...
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WANT TO NEGOTIATE WITH TRUMP? STUDY HITLER: PART TWO (END)
The “negotiating” methods of German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler serve as a useful guide to what domestic and world leaders can expect from trying to reach an agreement with President Donald Trump. In...
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WANT TO NEGOTIATE WITH TRUMP? STUDY HITLER: PART ONE (OF TWO)
To understand the “negotiating” style of Donald Trump, it’s essential to study that of Adolf Hitler. Both men, dictatorial by nature, did/do not believe in compromise. Their idea of “compromise”...
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WHEN PRESIDENTS ACT LIKE MAFIA BOSSES: PART TWO (END)
A reputation for being feared can be useful. But it’s dangerous to constantly employ cruelties or punishments. Whoever does so, warns Niccolo Machiavelli, “is always obliged to stand with knife...
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WHEN PRESIDENTS ACT LIKE MAFIA BOSSES: PART ONE (OF TWO)
It’s probably the most-quoted passage of Niccolo Machiavelli’s infamous book, The Prince: “From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved than feared, or feared more than loved. The...
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THE LIVES OF CHICKENS–AND AMERICANS: PART TWO (END)
On October 1, President Donald Trump shut down the Federal government. On July 4, Trump had signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law, which impacts Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care...
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THE LIVES OF CHICKENS–AND AMERICANS: PART ONE (OF TWO)
It was the night of March 5, 1836. For the roughly 200 men inside the surrounded Alamo, death lay only hours away. Inside a house in San Antonio, Texas, Mexican dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna...
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MACHIAVELLI WARNED AMERICA ABOUT TRUMP
As a Presidential candidate, Donald Trump was fiercely attacked by Democrats and his fellow Republicans. But one of his sharpest critics lived more than 500 years ago. He was Niccolo Machiavelli, the...
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MACHIAVELLI WAS RIGHT; OBAMA WAS WRONG
President Barack Obama—and Neil Kornze, the director of the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM)—had some serious lessons to learn about the uses of power. For more than 20 years, Cliven Bundy, a...
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PRESIDENTS RULE BY CONSENT, DICTATORS RULE BY FEAR: PART TWO (END)
In January, 2018, the White House banned the use of personal cell phones in the West Wing. The official reason: National security. The real reason: To prevent staffers from leaking to reporters. More...
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PRESIDENTS RULE BY CONSENT, DICTATORS RULE BY FEAR: PART ONE (OF TWO)
Donald Trump has often been compared to Adolf Hitler. But his reign bears far more resemblance to that of Joseph Stalin. Germany’s Fuhrer, for all his brutality, maintained a relatively stable...
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MACHIAVELLI’S VERDICT ON TRUMP: HE’S NO PRINCE
No shortage of pundits have sized up Donald Trump—first as a Presidential candidate, then as the nation’s 45th President, and now as a its 47th President. But how does Trump measure up in the...
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PRESIDENTS: THE LOVED, THE FEARED AND THE IGNORED: PART THREE (END)
American Presidents—like politicians everywhere–strive to be loved. There are two primary reasons for this. First, even the vilest dictators want to believe they are virtuous—and that their...
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PRESIDENTS: THE LOVED, THE FEARED AND THE IGNORED: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Is it better to be loved or feared? That was the question Florentine statesman Niccolo Machiavelli raised more than 500 years ago. Presidents have struggled to answer this question—and have come to...
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PRESIDENTS: THE LOVED, THE FEARED AND THE IGNORED: PART ONE (OF THREE)
In 1513, Niccolo Machiavelli, the father of political science, wrote his infamous book, The Prince. This may well be its most-quoted part: “From this arises the question whether it is better to be...
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WANT TO NEGOTIATE WITH TRUMP? STUDY HITLER: PART TWO (END)
The “negotiating” methods of German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler serve as a useful guide to what domestic and world leaders can expect from trying to reach an agreement with President Donald Trump. In...
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WANT TO NEGOTIATE WITH TRUMP? STUDY HITLER: PART ONE (OF TWO)
To understand the “negotiating” style of Donald Trump, it’s essential to study that of Adolf Hitler. Both men, dictatorial by nature, did/do not believe in compromise. Their idea of “compromise”...
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THE POWER OF IRRATIONALITY
Republicans learned long ago that most voters aren’t moved by appeals to their rationality. Instead, what counts with them is emotions. Especially the dark ones—Hate, Greed, Fear. This is a lesson...
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MACHIAVELLI: STUPID LEADERS CANNOT BE WISELY ADVISED
“There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth. But when every one can tell you the truth, you lose...
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