CONSPIRACIES: A TYRANT’S WORST ENEMY–PART TWO (END)
More than 500 years ago, Niccolo Machiavelli, the Florentine statesman, authored The Discourses on Livy, a work of political history and philosophy. In it, he outlined how citizens of a republic can...
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More than 500 years ago, Niccolo Machiavelli, the father of modern political science, offered sound advice for would-be conspirators—and for rulers seeking to thwart conspiracies. It’s advice to which...
View ArticleTYRANTS AND THEIR BODYGUARDS: PART THREE (END)
On July 20, 1944, Colonel Claus Schenk von Stuaffenberg tried to assassinate Nazi Germany’s Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, with a time bomb. Stauffenberg appeared at Hitler’s well-guarded military...
View ArticleTYRANTS AND THEIR BODYGUARDS: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Where does loyalty leave off and conscience begin? Specifically: If you’re a bodyguard for a man you know represents a genuine threat to democracy, what are your obligations to defend him?...
View ArticleTYRANTS AND THEIR BODYGUARDS: PART ONE (OF THREE)
In the classic 1969 Western, The Wild Bunch, the outlaw gang is pursued by a posse led by Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan), one of its own former members. This triggers a furious exchange between the...
View ArticleTHE REICHSTAG FIRE COMES TO AMERICA
On September 10, 2025, Donald Trump discovered hate speech. It had been a long time coming. As both a Presidential candidate and President, Donald Trump repeatedly used Twitter (now X) to attack...
View ArticleHOW TO LAUNCH–OR FOIL–CONSPIRACIES: PART TWO (END)
More than 500 years ago, Niccolo Machiavelli, the Florentine statesman, authored The Discourses on Livy, a work of political history and philosophy. In it, he outlined how citizens of a republic can...
View ArticleHOW TO LAUNCH–OR FOIL–CONSPIRACIES: PART ONE (OF TWO)
More than 500 years ago, Niccolo Machiavelli, the father of modern political science, offered sound advice for would-be conspirators—and for rulers seeking to thwart conspiracies. He did so in...
View ArticleLOYALTY VS. CONSCIENCE: PART THREE (END)
On July 20, 1944, Colonel Claus Schenk von Stuaffenberg tried to assassinate Nazi Germany’s Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, with a time bomb. Stauffenberg appeared at Hitler’s well-guarded military...
View ArticleLOYALTY VS. CONSCIENCE: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Where does loyalty leave off and conscience begin? Specifically: If you’re a bodyguard for a man you know represents a genuine threat to democracy, what are your obligations to defend him? Should...
View ArticleLOYALTY VS. CONSCIENCE: PART ONE (OF THREE)
In the classic 1969 Western, The Wild Bunch, the outlaw gang is pursued by a posse led by Deke Thornton, one of its own former members. This triggers a furious exchange between the gang’s two leaders:...
View ArticleCONSPIRACIES: A TYRANT’S WORST ENEMY–PART TWO (END)
More than 500 years ago, Niccolo Machiavelli, the Florentine statesman, authored The Discourses on Livy, a work of political history and philosophy. In it, he outlined how citizens of a republic can...
View ArticleCONSPIRACIES: A TYRANT’S WORST ENEMY–PART ONE (OF TWO)
More than 500 years ago, Niccolo Machiavelli, the father of modern political science, offered sound advice for would-be conspirators—and for rulers seeking to thwart conspiracies. He did so in...
View ArticleADAM SCHIFF: STANDING UP TO A TRAITOR AND HIS ACCOMPLICES—PART TWO (END)
On March 24, 2019, Attorney General William Barr received the long-awaited report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller about Russian efforts to subvert the 2016 Presidential election. According to Barr,...
View ArticleADAM SCHIFF: STANDING UP TO A TRAITOR AND HIS ACCOMPLICES—PART ONE (OF TWO)
Adam Schiff began his political career as a member of the California State Senate (1996-2000). In 2001, he was elected to the House of Representatives. From 2015 to 2019, he chaired the House...
View ArticleADAM SCHIFF: STANDING UP TO TYRANTS AND THEIR ACCOMPLICES: PART TWO (END)
On March 24, 2019, Attorney General William Barr received the long-awaited report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller about Russian efforts to subvert the 2016 Presidential election. Barr claimed that...
View ArticleADAM SCHIFF: STANDING UP TO TYRANTS AND THEIR ACCOMPLICES: PART ONE (OF TWO)
“Friends, Romans, countrymen—lend me your ears!” It’s the opening line of a speech once widely memorized by schoolboys in English literature classes. It’s from William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,”...
View ArticleA PRIMER FOR CONSPIRATORS: PART THREE (END)
Niccolo Machiavelli, the father of modern political science, wrote that there are three periods of danger in a conspiracy: Dangers in organizing the plot Dangers in executing the conspiracy Dangers...
View ArticleA PRIMER FOR CONSPIRATORS: PART TWO (OF THREE)
More than 500 years ago, Niccolo Machiavelli, the Florentine statesman, authored The Discourses on Livy, a work of political history and philosophy. In it, he outlined how citizens of a republic can...
View ArticleA PRIMER FOR CONSPIRATORS: PART ONE (OF THREE)
In the 1973 movie, “The Day of the Jackal,” a methodical assassin devises an ingenious plan to kill French President Charles de Gaulle. Despite the best efforts of French security forces to entrap...
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