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PRESIDENTS: THE LOVED, THE FEARED, THE 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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JIMMY HOFFA RETURNS–ON NETFLIX: PART ONE (OF THREE)
James Riddle Hoffa, the onetime president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Union, vanished 44 years ago—on July 30, 1975. Elected President of the Teamsters in 1957, Hoffa was...
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JIMMY HOFFA RETURNS–ON NETFLIX: 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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JIMMY HOFFA RETURNS–ON NETFLIX: 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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AMERICA’S POISONED CUBAN LEGACY CONTINUES TO HAUNT US: PART ONE (OF FOUR)
On November 25, 2016, Fidel Castro, Cuba’s longtime “Maximum Leader,” died at the age of 90. Old age and disease finally achieved what years of plotting by CIA and Mafia assassins could not. To his...
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AMERICA’S POISONED CUBAN LEGACY CONTINUES TO HAUNT US: PART TWO (OF FOUR)
In April, 1961, the CIA tried to overthrow the Communist regime of Cuba’s “Maximum Leader,” Fidel Castro, at the Bay of Pigs. When that failed, President John F. Kennedy ordered Castro’s removal...
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AMERICA’S POISONED CUBAN LEGACY CONTINUES TO HAUNT US: PART THREE (OF FOUR)
On October 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy went on nationwide TV to announce the discovery of nuclear missiles in Cuba—and his blockade of that island. He warned that any nuclear missile launched...
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AMERICA’S POISONED CUBAN LEGACY CONTINUES TO HAUNT US: PART FOUR (END)
“John and Robert Kennedy knew what they were doing. They waged a vicious war against Fidel Castro–a war someone had to lose.” And the loser turned out to be John F. Kennedy. So writes investigative...
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WHEN A PRESIDENT FOUGHT RACISM INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING IT
On September 28, the first of three scheduled Presidential debates occurred between former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. Trump hurled insults and constantly interrupted Biden,...
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DONALD TRUMP’S GREATEST CRIME—AND HOW TO COMBAT IT: PART ONE (OF TWO)
to Donald Trump will leave a legacy of lies, racism, criminality and treason when he leaves the White House on January 20. But his longest-lasting—and most destructive—legacy can now be seen in the...
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DONALD TRUMP’S GREATEST CRIME–AND HOW TO COMBAT IT: PART TWO (END)
“At the time of the Civil War [white anger and resentment] took the form of Southern white men angry at the idea that the federal government would interfere with their right to own Black slaves....
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PRESIDENTS: THE LOVED, THE FEARED AND THE IGNORED: PART ONE (OF THREE)
In 1513, Niccolo Machiavelli, the father of political science, wrote his infamous book, The Prince. This may well be its most-quoted part: “From this arises the question whether it is better to be...
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PRESIDENTS: THE LOVED, THE FEARED AND THE IGNORED: 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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PRESIDENTS: THE LOVED, THE FEARED AND THE IGNORED: 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 virtuous—and that their goodness is...
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WHAT EMPLOYERS OFTEN MEAN BY “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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WHAT EMPLOYERS OFTEN MEAN BY “A TEAM PLAYER”: PART TWO (END)
In 1959,, J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime 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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“DON’T EMBARRASS THE BUREAU–OR THE BUSINESS”
J. Edgar Hoover, the legendary director of the FBI, has been dead for almost 50 years. But his rule—“Don’t embarrass the Bureau”—is very much alive and well in corporate America. In 1959,...
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DONALD TRUMP’S GREATEST CRIME—AND HOW TO COMBAT IT: PART ONE (OF TWO)
to Donald Trump has left a legacy of lies, racism, criminality and treason from his four years in the White House. But his longest-lasting—and most destructive—legacy revealed itself in the nation’s...
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DONALD TRUMP’S GREATEST CRIME–AND HOW TO COMBAT IT: PART TWO (END)
“At the time of the Civil War [white anger and resentment] took the form of Southern white men angry at the idea that the federal government would interfere with their right to own black slaves....
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JFK: ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER: PART ONE (OF TEN)
This October 16 – 28 will mark 60 years since the world hovered on the brink of nuclear oblivion. It was the most dangerous moment of the Cold War. And it was the supreme test of John F. Kennedy’s...
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