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THE MOST DANGEROUS MOMENT: PART ONE (OF TWO)
If Barack Obama is re-elected President on November 6, the result will be “civil war” within the Republican Party. That is the prediction of POLITICO and a number of other politics-following pundits,...
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THE MOST DANGEROUS MOMENT: PART TWO (END)
Oligarchy: a government in which a small group exercises control, especially for corrupt and selfish purposes. The returns are in. And Barack Obama has been re-elected to another four years as...
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WHY MITT ROMNEY LOST
Mitt Romney lost his chance to become President for at least nine reasons. First, he was not simply an opportunist; he was widely recognized as one. He was despised by those on the Right as well as...
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CREDIT CARDS AND CHARACTER
History seems to have repeated itself. Joachim C. Fest, author of Hitler (1973), writes of the surprise that awaited Allied soldiers occupying Nazi Germany in 1945: “Almost without transition,...
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WINNERS AND LOSERS: PART ONE (OF THREE)
On January 24, the online Huffington Post carried the following story: Click here: New Mexico Bill Would Criminalize Abortions After Rape As ‘Tampering With Evidence’ Its opening paragraph outlined: A...
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WINNERS AND LOSERS: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Abortion has clearly become a deadly election issue for Republicans. If you doubt it, look at the results of the November 6 elections. So I was surprised to read, on January 24, a news story about...
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WINNERS AND LOSERS: PART THREE (END)
On January 25–four days after President Barack Obama was inaugurated President for the second time–political columnist Mark Shields assessed the electoral dangers facing the Republican party. “The...
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THE KKK COMES TO CPAC
The Ku Klux Klan is rightfully despised by the overwhelming majority of Americans. So it’s illuminating that its ideology found vigorous support at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)...
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IF TRUMP IS OUR HITLER, WHO WILL BE OUR STAUFFENBERG?: PART ONE (OF THREE)
The ad opens with ominous music–and the face of a snarling Donald Trump. “I would like anyone who is listening to consider some thoughts that I’ve paraphrased from the words of German pastor Martin...
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IF TRUMP IS OUR HITLER, WHO WILL BE OUR STAUFFENBERG?: PART TWO (OF THREE)
On July 20, 1944, a one-eyed, one-armed man tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler Colonel Claus Schenk von Stuaffenberg had served with the Wehrmacht in Poland (1939), France (1940) and the Soviet Union...
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IF TRUMP IS OUR HITLER, WHO WILL BE OUR STAUFFENBERG?: PART THREE (END)
On July 20, 1944, members of the Wehrmacht high command failed to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a bomb hidden in a briefcase. But two setbacks prevented the conspirators from succeeding. First, Hitler...
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PRE-EMPTING DISASTER: PART ONE (OF THREE)
“When Fascism comes to America, it will be called anti-Fascism.” –Huey Long, Louisiana Governor/Senator In the “Twilight Zone” episode, “No Time Like the Past,” Paul Driscoll (Dana Andrews), a...
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PRE-EMPTING DISASTER: PART TWO (OF THREE)
On July 20, 1944, Colonel Claus Schenk von Stuaffenberg tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler. He had served with the Wehrmacht in Poland (1939), France (1940) and the Soviet Union (1941). While serving in...
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PRE-EMPTING DISASTER: PART THREE (END)
On July 20, 1944, Colonel Claus Schenk von Stuaffenberg failed to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a bomb hidden in a briefcase. He had carefully placed his briefcase near Hitler, who was standing next...
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TRUMP VS. MACHIAVELLI: PART ONE (OF TWO)
Donald Trump has swept the field of his political rivals. The Republican nomination for President now stands within his reach. The “Anybody-But-Trump” coalition no longer has a champion. Its last...
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TRUMP VS. MACHIAVELLI: PART TWO (END)
Donald Trump is riding high, the almost certain Republican nominee for President when that party holds its convention in Cleveland during the week of July 18. But Niccolo Machiavelli, the 16th-century...
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CHARACTER AND DESTINY: PART ONE (OF TWO)
“He appeared to need enemies the way other men need friends, and his conduct assured that he would always have plenty of them.” So wrote William Manchester about General Douglas MacArthur in his...
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CHARACTER AND DESTINY: PART TWO (END)
Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump recently attacked the integrity of the parents of an Army captain who died heroically in Iraq in 2004. For this, he has taken heavy fire from Democrats,...
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A RULER AND HIS BRAINS: PART ONE (OF THREE)
“The first impression that one gets of a ruler and his brains is from seeing the men that he has about him. “When they are competent and loyal one can always consider him wise, as he has been able to...
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A RULER AND HIS BRAINS: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Even the Secret Service can’t protect Donald Trump from the notoriety of his supporters. The current manager of Trump’s Presidential campaign is Stephen Bannon, who’s under fire for anti-Semitic...
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