Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present

Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present

by | Jan 12, 2019 | Books

Ours is the age of the strongman, of heads of state who damage or destroy democracy and use masculinity as a tool of political legitimacy. Such rulers now govern Russia, Turkey, Brazil, the United States, and other geopolitically important nations. They promise law...

“There is no doubt that Trump has authoritarian inclinations. His labelling of the press as the ‘enemy of the people,’ use of threat, … need for loyalty, humiliation of all those around him, and admiration of leaders who have stifled democracy, are merely some of the qualities that he has in common with authoritarians past and present.”

by | Nov 12, 2018 | Donald Trump

November 12, 2018 Quote from “Bernie Sanders says the ‘simple truth’ is Trump is an ‘authoritarian leader,’ and several experts tell INSIDER they largely agree,” article by John Haltiwanger in Business Insider Read the entire article at Business...
What We Learned from World War One

What We Learned from World War One

by | Nov 8, 2018 | Uncategorized

CNN.com, November 8, 2018 One hundred years ago, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, World War I ended. Life would never be the same for the more than 65 million men from some 30 nations who fought in it, or for the civilians who...