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NEGOTIATING REPUBLICANAZI STYLE: PART ONE (OF FIVE)
Robert Payne, author of the bestselling biography, The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler (1973), described Hitler’s “negotiating” style thus: “Although Hitler prized his own talents as a negotiator, a...
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NEGOTIATING REPUBLICANAZI STYLE: PART TWO (OF FIVE)
On February 12, 1938, two Chancellors–Adolf Hitler of Germany, and Kurt von Schuschnigg of Austria–met at Hitler’s retreat at Obersalzberg, Germany. At stake lay the future independence of Austria....
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NEGOTIATING REPUBLICANAZI STYLE: PART THREE (OF FIVE)
After winning the bloodless conquest of Czechoslavakia by threatening France and Britain with war, Adolf Hitler turned his attention to Poland. When his generals balked, warning that an invasion would...
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NEGOTIATING REPUBLICANAZI STYLE: PART FOUR (OF FIVE)
In November, 1995, Newt Gingrich, then Speaker of the House of Representatives, carried out his threat to shut down the government. Then he unwisely admitted that he did so because President Bill...
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NEGOTIATING REPUBLICANAZI STYLE: PART FIVE (END)
In 2011, Republicans threatened to destroy the Nation’s credit rating unless their budgetary demands were met. As Ernst Casier, chairman of philosophy at Hamburg University once warned: “Those who...
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WIMPS ON THE LEFT, BULLIES ON THE RIGHT
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 VERDICT ON TRUMP
No shortage of pundits have sized up Donald Trump as a man and Presidential candidate. But how does Trump measure up in the estimate of Niccolo Machiavelli, the 16th-century Florentine statesman? It...
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LOVE VS. FEAR: 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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LOVE VS. FEAR: PART TWO (END)
Is it better to be loved or feared? That was the question Florentine statesman Niccolo Machiavelli raised more than 500 years ago. Niccolo Machiavelli Presidents have struggled to answer this...
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THE SIX DEADLY FLAWS IN “OBAMACARE”: PART ONE (OF THREE)
Barack Obama was easily one of the most highly educated Presidents in United States history. He is a graduate of Columbia University (B.A. in political science in 1983). In 1988, he entered Harvard...
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THE SIX DEADLY FLAWS IN “OBAMACARE”: PART TWO (OF THREE)
President Barack Obama came into office determined to find common ground with Republicans. But they quickly made it clear to him that they only wanted his political destruction. At that point, he...
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THE SIX DEADLY FLAWS IN “OBAMACARE”: PART THREE (END)
President Barack Obama was often accused of playing ruthless “Chicago politics” by his Republican enemies. But Obama’s biggest mistake lay not in cynicism but misplaced idealism. Obama Mistake No. 5:...
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SECRETS AND MERCENARIES
On March 7, WikiLeaks published a “data dump” of 8,761 documents codenamed “Vault 7.” According to WikiLeaks, it represents “the majority of [the CIA’s] hacking arsenal, including malware, viruses,...
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FEAR–AND ITS POLITICAL LEGACY
Dick Cheney left office as co-President of the United States on January 20, 2009. During the last four years, he has had time to write his memoirs and reflect on the legacies of the George W. Bush...
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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, and now as the nation’s 45th President. But how does Trump measure up in the estimate of Niccolo Machiavelli, the...
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TAKING ON KGB AIRWAYS: PART ONE (OF EIGHT)
With summer vacations fast approaching, tens of thousands of Americans will be traveling across the country to visit with loved ones. And many of them will become the victims of KGB Airways. In truth,...
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TAKING ON KGB AIRWAYS: PART TWO (OF EIGHT)
The First Amendment of the American Constitution guarantees freedom of speech. But some airline employees haven’t gotten the word. Click here: 3 Easy Ways to Tell If a Business Puts Its Customers...
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TAKING ON KGB AIRWAYS: PART THREE (OF EIGHT)
When Leisha Hailey and her girlfriend kissed aboard a Southwest Airlines flight to Los Angeles, a flight attendant told them that Southwest was “a family airline.” When they argued they were targets...
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TAKING ON KGB AIRWAYS: PART FOUR (OF EIGHT)
Under Federal law, as enforced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airline passengers have only the following guaranteed rights: If your flight is delayed (such as by bad weather) and you’re...
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TAKING ON KGB AIRWAYS: PART FIVE (OF EIGHT)
If you have a complaint against an airline, don’t waste your time with low-level Customer Service reps. If you want action, seek out those who are empowered to make it happen. But who are those people?...
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