Full disclosure: Adam Lee is a longtime online friend and one of my favorite bloggers. We have read and critiqued each other’s writings for years. This review emerged from one of those exchanges. I have never read Ayn Rand’s famous novel, Atlas Shrugged. What I know of it I learned through reading several installments of Read More …
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Donald Trump, Covid-19, and the Narcissist’s Lust for Sacrifice
The conventional wisdom is that Trump cares only about pumping up the stock market as his path to re-election. That may be true, but I suspect something else is going on here. Trump craves the fawning admiration of his followers, but he would love it even more if they were risking their lives to show it.
What I Learned from Jonestown, and What Our Nation Has Yet to Learn
I learned two lessons from Jonestown. One appears in chapter 9 of my book. The other was more personal and painful, and America may now be in the process of learning it 40 years too late.
It’s Not That Trump Is an Alpha Male…
…It’s That He’s So Little Else It takes more than narcissism and charisma to make a president. Read this on the Huffington Post. Share this:
Trump’s Narcissism Is a Feature, Not a Bug
Does evolution have anything to say about the allure of Donald Trump? I think so. Read this piece at the Huffington Post. View Post Share this: