THE RICH–AND THEIR EVILS–ARE WITH YOU ALWAYS
In November, 2017, President Donald Trump and a Republican-dominated House and Senate rammed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 through Congress. It became law on December 22, 2017. The law: Ignored...
View ArticleMACHIAVELLI WAS RIGHT: DISTRUST THE RICH
For President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans, the single greatest achievement of their time in office was to drastically cut taxes on the wealthy (including themselves). It’s a view that...
View ArticleGIVING ADVICE SAFELY—THE MACHIAVELLI WAY
Ask the average person, “What do you think of Niccolo Machiavelli?” and he’s likely to say: “The devil.” In fact, “The Old Nick” became an English term used to describe Satan and slander Machiavelli...
View ArticleFACEBOOK, WE’RE GLAD TO LEAVE YE: PART ONE (OF FOUR)
A September 30 story on the CNBC website spells bad news for Facebook: “Facebook Is Scrambling to Escape Stock’s Death Spiral as Users Flee, Sales Drop.” Writes Jonathan Vanian: “Meta [Facebook’s...
View ArticleFACEBOOK, WE’RE GLAD TO LEAVE YE: PART TWO (OF FOUR)
Facebook is in big trouble. And much of it stems from its own greed and arrogance toward its customers. An email recently sent to Winnie Liu, director of Facebook & Instagram Research, offers...
View ArticleFACEBOOK, WE’RE GLAD TO LEAVE YE: PART THREE (OF FOUR)
All is not well in Facebook. According to its profile on Wikipedia: “The subject of numerous controversies, Facebook has often been criticized over issues such as user privacy (as with the Cambridge...
View ArticleFACEBOOK, WE’RE GLAD TO LEAVE YE: PART FOUR (END)
And, on Facebook, the complaints just keep coming. [NOTE: The spellings are those of the complainants.] FACEBOOK BETRAYED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US ON HERE. SO MUCH SO THAT NOW WE HAVE AN...
View ArticleMACHIAVELLI WAS RIGHT: DISTRUST THE RICH
For President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans, the single greatest achievement of their time in office was to drastically cut taxes on the wealthy (including themselves). It’s a view that...
View ArticleSEVEN MYTHS AND THE STUPIDS WHO BELIEVE THEM: PART ONE (OF TWO)
“The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived and dishonest—but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We...
View ArticleSEVEN MYTHS AND THE STUPIDS WHO BELIEVE THEM: PART TWO (END)
Americans live by a series of myths—myths they would be the wiser to abandon. Some are embraced by liberals, others by conservatives, and still others by both. Myth 4: Americans take pride in their...
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