If you have not read Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, I highly recommend it. It spells out the proper way to behave politically to maintain the appearance of benevolence as a leader while by necessity ruling as a tyrant.
One quote of Machiavelli is...
The election in Afghanistan may serve as an example for the rest of us, depending on one potential outcome.
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah was until recently running against Hamid Karzai for the presidency of Afghanistan. The first round of elections were...
Saying is over, time for doing.
We have all commented online at newspaper’s web site and message boards, complaining about everything. We call people names; we point accusatory fingers and write about the bad behaviors of powerful people. We even...
Tuesday night I went to Capital City Bar and Grill to watch the film “Shouting Fire: Stories from edge of free speech.”
It was a good film. It taught me to open my eyes, clench my fists, and shut my mouth. There were numerous incidents where free...
I was cleaning off my dresser this morning and I found an old receipt from County Market folded around another piece of paper. The receipt was from last week some time. The message with the receipt said:
“Did you receive excellent service from the...
