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Competency

…Incompetents who might have been promoted to yet higher positions if their incompetence hadn’t been exposed by the course of events. This isn’t about The Peter Principle at play. This…

The Cold Warriors

…the most dreaded retreat would be perceived as weakness and make further aggression inevitable. One detail was overlooked. Hitler was one person, Khrushchev, Mao and Ho Chi Minh were three…

On Demanding Dignity

…be expected to vote Democratic but were becoming more and more uneasy about a perceived increase in crime and frequent stories of protests in the streets. In 1968, the real…

The Less Than Supreme Court

…on the basis of their being ultra-conservative republicans; on the basis of their perceived ideology. The majority of the current John Roberts’ court is made up of the overly ambitious,…