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A CURE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
“The U.S. now has two deficits to overcome on the road to economic health,” writes Joseph Lazarro, economics and markets columnist. “A budget deficit and a jobs deficit.” Lazarro cites a May jobs...
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WATCHING THE WATCHMAN
The saying “Who will watch the watchman?” grew out of a time when castles posted a watchman in a high tower to give alert to approaching enemies. If the sentry gave the alarm in time, there was a good...
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“FAMILY VALUES” = HYPOCRITICAL SLOGANEERING
In 1992, Republicans wanted to re-elect President George H.W. Bush, who had succeeded Ronald Reagan in 1989. But they had a problem: Whipping up voter enthusiasm for him. Bush wasn’t charismatic like...
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“THE HAPPY TIME” FOR HITLER’S GERMANY AND TRUMP’S AMERICA
Everyone knows how World War II ended for Nazi Germany: With its Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, dead, and its capital city of Berlin in ruins. Casualty figures range from 4.3 to 5.3 million dead Germans. And...
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DONALD TRUMP: “I’M NOT LIKE OTHER PEOPLE”–AND HERE’S PROOF
On February 26, 2016, Republican Presidential Candidate Donald J. Trump made an astonishing admission: “I’m not like other people.” He did so while revealing that, as President, he would “open up...
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THE “NEW NORMAL” AND “THE HAPPY TIME”
On January 16, newly-elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) gave her maiden speech on the floor of the House of Representatives. “It is not normal to hold 800,000 workers’ paychecks hostage. It...
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TRUMP’S LAST LINE OF DEFENSE: AMERICAN GREED
Everyone knows how World War II ended for Nazi Germany: With its Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, dead, and its capital city of Berlin in ruins. Casualty figures range from 4.3 to 5.3 million dead Germans. And...
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BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL–IN GERMANY AND AMERICA
On the July 19 edition of The PBS Newshour, conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks laid out two theories on how Donald Trump could win re-election as President in 2020: “The one theory...
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A WARNING IGNORED: “I’M NOT LIKE OTHER PEOPLE”
On February 26, 2016, Republican Presidential Candidate Donald J. Trump made an astonishing admission: “I’m not like other people.” He did so while revealing that, as President, he would “open up...
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WHY REPUBLICANS WIN ELECTIONS–AND DEMOCRATS LOSE THEM
There’s a reason why Republicans win so many elections—especially at the Presidential level. Republicans learned long ago that most voters aren’t moved by appeals to their rationality. Instead, what...
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THESE LIES ARE DIFFERENT: THE “HAPPY TIME” COMES TO AN END
On April 27, Joe Scarborough offered an important insight about why most Americans have ignored President Donald Trump’s crimes and outrages for so long: “Back in January Joe Biden wrote an Op-Ed that...
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TRUMP: IGNORING MACHIAVELLI AT HIS PERIL
For all his ruthlessness and duplicity, it’s almost a certainty that Donald Trump has never read the works of Niccolo Machiavelli, the father of modern political science. Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) is...
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THE CONSTITUTION HAS A SURPRISE FOR TRUMP
The United States Constitution has a surprise for President Donald Trump—provided that Congress has the courage to enforce it. The surprise comes in Article II, Section III. Article II lays out the...
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WHY DEMOCRATS LOSE ELECTIONS
Throughout 2016, Facebook posters were certain: Hillary Clinton would be the next American President! Democrats would retake the House—maybe even the Senate! Then reality intruded. Why do Republicans...
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MACHIAVELLI ADVISES, TRUMP IGNORES IT–TO HIS PERIL
For all his ruthlessness and duplicity, it’s almost a certainty that Donald Trump has never read the works of Niccolo Machiavelli, the father of modern political science. Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) is...
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TRUMP: SACRIFICE YOUR CHILDREN FOR MY RE-ELECTION
The father of modern political science, Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) is widely thought of as the personification of Satan. Actually, Machiavelli was a passionate republican, who spent most of his...
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WHY REPUBLICANS WIN MOST ELECTIONS
There’s a reason why Republicans win so many elections—especially at the Presidential level. Republicans learned long ago that most voters aren’t moved by appeals to their rationality. Instead, what...
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WHY AMERICA TURNED ON TRUMP
On April 27, 2020, Joe Scarborough offered an important insight about why most Americans had ignored President Donald Trump’s crimes and outrages for so long: “Back in January Joe Biden wrote an Op-Ed...
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REPUBLICANS KNOW WHAT DEMOCRATS DON’T
There’s a reason why Republicans win so many elections—especially at the Presidential level. Republicans learned long ago that most voters aren’t moved by appeals to their rationality. Instead, what...
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“HIS CRIMES DON’T AFFECT ME, SO I DON’T CARE”
On April 27, 2020, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough explained why most Americans ignored President Donald Trump’s crimes and outrages for so long: “Back in January Joe Biden wrote an Op-Ed that the President...
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