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JFK: ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER: PART TEN (END)
Fifty-three years ago, on November 22, 1963, two bullets slammed into the neck and head of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. It has been said that he left his country with three great legacies: The...
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COPING EFFECTIVELY WITH BLACKMAIL
J. Edgar Hoover, the legendary FBI director, was notorious in his own lifetime as a blackmailer. “Boy, the dirt he has on those Senators,” President John F. Kennedy told his friend, Benjamin C....
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WHEN PEOPLE FIGHT THE KKK, NOT SUPPORT IT
On August 11-12, white supremacists from across the country gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia, for a “Unite the Right” rally. Among the organizations represented: The Ku Klux Klan (KKK); The...
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THE LIMITS OF LOVE AND FEAR: PART ONE (OF THREE)
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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THE LIMITS OF LOVE AND FEAR: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Is it better to be loved or feared? That was the question Florentine statesman Niccolo Machiavelli raised more than 500 years ago. Presidents have struggled to answer this question—and have come to...
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THE LIMITS OF LOVE AND FEAR: PART THREE (END)
American Presidents—like politicians everywhere–strive to be loved. There are two primary reasons for this. First, even the vilest dictators want to believe they are good people—and that their goodness...
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IT’S MUELLER TIME FOR THE GHOST OF J. EDGAR
J. Edgar Hoover was appointed director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1924. His 48-year reign ended only with his death on May 2, 1972. Niccolo Machiavelli advised would-be princes to be...
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A LESSON FOR THE FBI
Since taking office as President, Donald Trump has openly waged war on his own Justice Department—and especially its chief investigative agency, the FBI. FBI headquarters As a result, he has: Fired...
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AMERICA’S KLANSMAN-IN-CHIEF
On August 11-12, 2017, white supremacists from across the country gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia, for a “Unite the Right” rally. Among the organizations represented: The Ku Klux Klan (KKK);...
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THE FBI’S BIGGEST THREAT: THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
From 1965 to 1974, Americans watched “The FBI,” a highly fictionalized TV drama supposedly based on real stories from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. J. Edgar Hoover, the legendary...
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A REMEDY AGAINST TYRANTS
Since taking office as President, Donald Trump has openly waged war on his own Justice Department—and especially its chief investigative agency, the FBI. FBI headquarters For example, he has: Fired...
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“BLOOD FEUD”: POWER–AND IDEALISM–CORRUPT: PART ONE (OF TWO)
In 1983, Blood Feud, a two-part TV mini-series, depicted the 11-year struggle between Robert F. Kennedy and James Riddle Hoffa. Although it took some dramatic liberties, its portrayal of the major...
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“BLOOD FEUD”: POWER—AND IDEALISM—CORRUPT: PART TWO (END)
The 1983 TV mini-series, Blood Feud, chronicles the decade-long struggle between Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and James R. Hoffa, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union....
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POLICE: IGNORING THE CRIMES OF FASCISTS–PART ONE (OF TWO)
At the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., the following sign is prominently displayed: WARNING SIGNS OF FASCISM. Beneath that are listed the signs to beware of an approaching Fascistic...
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POLICE: IGNORING THE CRIMES OF FASCISTS—PART TWO (END)
On August 11-12, 2017, white supremacists from across the country gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia, for a “Unite the Right” rally. Among the organizations represented: The Ku Klux Klan (KKK);...
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SOME ARE LOVED, SOME ARE FEARED, SOME ARE HATED: PART ONE (OF THREE)
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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SOME ARE LOVED, SOME ARE FEARED, SOME ARE HATED: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Is it better to be loved or feared? That was the question Florentine statesman Niccolo Machiavelli raised more than 500 years ago. Presidents have struggled to answer this question—and have come to...
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SOME ARE LOVED, SOME ARE FEARED, SOME ARE HATED: PART THREE (END)
American Presidents—like politicians everywhere—strive to be loved. There are two reasons for this. First, even the vilest dictators want to believe they are good people—and thus rewarded by the love...
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PRESIDENTS: THE LOVED, THE FEARED, THE HATED—PART ONE (OF THREE)
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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PRESIDENTS: THE LOVED, THE FEARED, THE HATED—PART TWO (OF THREE)
Is it better to be loved or feared? That was the question Florentine statesman Niccolo Machiavelli raised more than 500 years ago. Presidents have struggled to answer this question—and have come to...
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