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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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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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