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BARGAINING WITH BULLIES – PART THREE (OF SIX)
Hitler wanted Czechoslovakia. So, once again, he opened “negotiations” with a lie: The Czechoslovak government was trying to exterminate 3.5 million Germans living in the “Sudetenland.” This consisted...
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BARGAINING WITH BULLIES – PART FOUR (OF SIX)
Republicans are refusing to raise the debt ceiling unless Democrats agree to massively cut social programs for the elderly, poor and disabled. In doing so, they have adopted the my-way-or-else...
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BARGAINING WITH BULLIES – PART FIVE (OF SIX)
Republicans are refusing to raise the debt ceiling unless Democrats agree to massively cut social programs for the elderly, poor and disabled. By doing so, Republicans have adopted the homicidal...
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BARGAINING WITH BULLIES – PART SIX (END)
One man with courage makes a majority. –Andrew Jackson With the United States teetering on the brink of national bankruptcy, President Barack Obama must look to the past for a solution.It lies in what...
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HOW TO MAKE PEACE–FOR AMERICA–IN THE MIDEAST
There can be peace–for the United States--in the Middle East. But to achieve this, Western Europe and the United States will have to make radical changes in their approach to that part of the world....
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DECLARE VICTORY–AND LEAVE
President Barack Obama wants to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) with bombing–supported by Special Forces and ground troops from “friendly” Islamic regimes. Meanwhile, Congressional...
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THE ROOTS OF ISLAMIC TERROR: PART ONE (OF TWO)
There is a famous joke about racial profiling that’s long made the rounds of the Internet. It appears in the guise of a “history test,” and offers such multiple-choice questions as: In 1972 at the...
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THE ROOTS OF ISLAMIC TERROR: PART TWO (END)
During the 1930s, Winston Churchill, a seemingly failed politician, repeatedly warned his British countrymen against the growing menace of Nazi Germany. The leaders of Britain and France–the two great...
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ASSASSINATION IS IN VOGUE–IN POLITICS AND FILM
August is the month for…assassination. Or at least for advocating–and dramatizing–it. On August 9, Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump told a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina: “Hillary...
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LEAVING THE BLOOD FEUDERS BEHIND
There can be peace–for the United States–-in the Middle East. But to achieve this, Western Europe and the United States will have to make radical changes in their approach to that part of the world....
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THE HEYDRICH SOLUTION
Johnny Depp is an acclaimed actor. But his skills as a comic have sparked a backlash. “When was the last time an actor assassinated the President?” he asked while speaking at the Glatonbury Festival...
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THE COSTS OF TIMIDITY: PART ONE (OF TWO)
“[Barack] Obama needs to find his voice now in ways that, during his time in the Oval Office, he was too often reluctant to do, perhaps fearing the immense power of the bully pulpit. “But now there is...
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THE COSTS OF TIMIDITY: PART TWO (END)
During the summer of 2011, Republicans threatened to destroy the Nation’s credit rating unless Democrats agreed to massively cut social programs for the elderly, poor and disabled. President Barack...
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FINDING PEACE–FOR AMERICA–IN THE MIDDLE EAST
The United States can attain peace in the Middle East—for itself. But to do that, Americans must radically change their approach to that part of the world. (1) The United States must embark on a crash...
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HUMANITY AS A FORM OF HARDBALL: PART ONE (OF TWO)
Once again, it falls to Niccolo Machiavelli to reveal truths long forgotten—especially by those who subscribe only to the darkest arts. In his most important book, The Discourses, he outlines the...
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HUMANITY AS A FORM OF HARDBALL: PART TWO (END)
In June, 1948, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin was determined to drive the Western occupying powers out of Berlin—and of West Germany. On June 19, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies’ railway,...
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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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