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UNMASKING HOODLUMS
On October 30, the hacker group Anonymous released the names of at least a dozen alleged Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members and their families online. “Ku Klux Klan, We never stopped watching you,” the group...
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THE #1 RULE OF BUREAUCRACIES
After spending years of his life sexually abusing boys entrusted into his care, Jerry Sandusky will likely spend the rest of his life as a prison inmate. On October 9, 2012, a Pennsylvania judge...
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“A TEAM PLAYER”: PART ONE (OF TWO)
Recruiters for corporate America routinely claim they’re looking for “a team player.” This sounds great–as though the corporation is seeking people who will get along with their colleagues and work to...
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“A TEAM PLAYER”: PART TWO (END)
In 1959, J. Edgar Hoover, the legendary director of the FBI, declared war on the Mafia. He set up a Top Hoodlum Program and encouraged his agents to use wiretapping and electronic surveillance...
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A REMEDY FOR BLACKMAIL
On May 28, 2015, Hastert, the former Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives (1999-2007) was indicted for violating Federal banking laws and lying to the FBI. He had tried to conceal $3.5...
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A CLASH OF TITANS: PART ONE (OF THREE)
Today, America has four major candidates running for President: Donald Trump, Rafael Edward Cruz, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Trump is a billionaire businessman; Cruz is a U.S. Senator from...
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A CLASH OF TITANS: PART TWO (OF THREE)
The 1983 TV mini-series, Blood Feud, chronicles the decade-long struggle between Robert F. Kennedy and James R. Hoffa. Having “helped” Kennedy (Cotter Smith) to oust corrupt Teamsters President Dave...
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A CLASH OF TITANS: PART THREE (END)
The 1983 TV mini-series, Blood Feud, chronicles the decade-long struggle between Robert F. Kennedy (Cotter Smith) and James R. Hoffa (Robert Blake), president of the International Brotherhood of...
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THE MAFIA MAKES “POLITICAL CORRECTNESS” FASHIONABLE: PART ONE (OF TWO)
On June 12, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old former security guard, slaughtered 49 men and women and injured 53 more inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Mateen was then shot to death by...
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THE MAFIA MAKES ‘POLITICAL CORRECTNESS” FASHIONABLE: PART TWO (END)
In 1970, New York Mafia boss Joseph Columbo declared war on the FBI. The Bureau had arrested his son, Joseph Columbo, Jr., for melting silver coins down into silver ingots. So Columbo, Sr., created...
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ANONYMOUS–NOT THE FBI–VS. THE KLAN
On October 30, 2015, the hacker group Anonymous released the names of at least a dozen alleged Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members and their families online. “Ku Klux Klan, We never stopped watching you,” the...
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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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JFK: ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER: PART THREE (OF TEN)
By October, 1962, Nikita Khrushchev, premier of the Soviet Union, had supplied Cuba with more than 40,000 soldiers, 1,300 field pieces, 700 anti-aircraft guns, 350 tanks and 150 jets. The motive: To...
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JFK: ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER: PART FOUR (OF TEN)
John F. Kennedy became President when civil rights suddenly became a burning issue throughout the Nation. At Kennedy’s request, dozen of law firms sent lawyers South, so civil rights demonstrators...
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JFK: ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER: PART FIVE (OF TEN)
The Kennedy administration’s unprecedented attack on organized crime has led some law enforcement experts to believe the Mob engineered President Kennedy’s assassination. One of these is G. Robert...
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JFK: ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER: PART SIX (OF TEN)
President Kennedy’s untimely death has since fueled arguments over how, if he had lived, he would have dealt with Vietnam. In his memoirs, former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev wrote: “Kennedy would...
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JFK: ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER: PART SEVEN (OF TEN)
John F. Kennedy fired the imaginations and captured the hearts of Americans and foreign citizens as no President since the days of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Millions who voted for him–or against him or...
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JFK: ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER: PART EIGHT (OF TEN)
Throughout his life, John F. Kennedy was lucky–both personally and politically. Part of the secret lay in his physical presence. He was young and handsome, charming and articulate. He appeared zestful...
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JFK: ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER: PART NINE (OF TEN)
Elected to the House of Representatives in 1946, John F. Kennedy served six undistinguished years before being elected U.S. Senator from Massachusetts in 1952. In 1956, his eloquence and political...
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