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DEMOCRACY BECOMES A THUGOCRACY
And the most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men; sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs us better of their...
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TIMIDITY IS ITS OWN PUNISHMENT
The media has given wall-to-wall coverage of the Federal Government shutdown–and the effects it has had on both Federal employees and ordinary Americans. But there is one aspect of this story that...
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NEGOTIATING WITH NAZIS AND REPUBLICANS
On October 1, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) said President Barack Obama told Congressional leaders at a White House meeting that “he will not negotiate.” Boehner accused Democrats of being...
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DEMOCRACY BECOMES A THUGOCRACY
And the most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men; sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs us better of their...
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NEGOTIATING NAZI-REPUBLICAN STYLE: PART ONE (OF SIX)
Adolf Hitler, Germany Fuehrer for 12 years, had a favorite phrase: “So oder so.” It meant: “One way or the other.” That might sound harmless. But, in Hitler’s case, it carried a sinister tone–as did...
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NEGOTIATING NAZI-REPUBLICAN STYLE: PART TWO (OF SIX)
Robert Payne, author of the bestselling biography, The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler (1973), described Hitler’s “negotiating” style thusly: “Although Hitler prized his own talents as a negotiator, a...
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NEGOTIATING NAZI-REPUBLICAN STYLE: PART THREE (OF SIX)
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 NAZI-REPUBLICAN STYLE: PART FOUR (OF SIX)
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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AVOIDING OBAMA’S MISTAKES: PART ONE (OF THREE)
If Hillary Clinton becomes the nation’s first woman President, that will certainly be as big a historical milestone as Barack Obama’s becoming the first black man to hold that office. But simply being...
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AVOIDING OBAMA’S MISTAKES: PART TWO (OF THREE)
If Hillary Clinton succeeds Barack Obama as President, can gain much by learning from his mistakes. In 2011, Obama could have ended Republican extortion by invoking the law–that of the Racketeer...
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AVOIDING OBAMA’S MISTAKES: PART THREE (END)
The ancient Greeks believed: “A man’s character is his fate.” It is Barack Obama’s character–and America’s fate–that he is more inclined to conciliation than confrontation. Richard Wolffe chronicled...
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“SCORCHED EARTH” FOR HITLER—AND TRUMP
On March 19, 1945, facing certain defeat, Germany’s Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, ordered a massive “scorched-earth” campaign throughout Germany. All German agriculture, industry, ships, communications, roads,...
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A TALE OF TWO EMPERORS—ROMAN AND AMERICAN: PART ONE (OF THREE)
January 20, 2019, will mark exactly two years since Donald Trump’s took the oath of office as the 45th President of the United States. He’s thus held power almost as long as Gaius Caligula, who ruled...
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A TALE OF TWO EMPERORS—ROMAN AND AMERICAN: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Like Gaius Caligula, the “mad emperor” of ancient Rome, Donald Trump can truly say: “Let them hate me, so long as they fear me.” In fact, he said exactly that to Bob Woodward, the legendary Washington...
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A TALE OF TWO EMPERORS—ROMAN AND AMERICAN: PART THREE (END)
Unlike Gaius Caligula, Donald Trump hasn’t yet been charged with murder. But he has often boasted: “Get even with people. If they screw you, screw them back 10 times as hard. I really believe that.”...
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LEARNING FROM THE MUNICH DISASTER: 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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LEARNING FROM THE MUNICH DISASTER: PART TWO (OF FIVE)
After selling out Czechoslovakia, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned to England a hero. Holding aloft a copy of the worthless agreement he had signed with Germany’s dictator, Adolf Hitler, he...
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LEARNING FROM THE MUNICH DISASTER: PART THREE (OF FIVE)
“If we do not have these negotiations over border security with an open government, this president will continue to use this tool. And if we give in, if we pay the ransom now, what will happen the...
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LEARNING FROM THE MUNICH DISASTER: PART FOUR (OF FIVE)
Billionaire Wilbur Ross—the Trump administration’s Secretary of Commerce—had a suggestion for the 800,000 Federal employees made destitute by the government shutdown: Take out a loan. “So the 30 days...
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LEARNING FROM THE MUNICH DISASTER: PART FIVE (END)
On January 25, 2019—the 35th day of the Federal Government shutdown—President Donald Trump did what no one expected. He caved. In a White House press conference, he said: Lawmakers would have until...
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