Blankets of Hope
(The following is a story written by my son last year for his 9th grade English class. It is the (barely) fictionalized story of his grandfather in the Holocaust. Some of the characters are archetypes...
View ArticleDon't fingerpaint in the Holocaust's ashes II (trigger)
I wrote this once before, but apparently some didn’t get the message.Today there’s a diary up entitled So Tell Me the Difference Between Hitler and the GOP When They Take Healthcare Away from...
View ArticleDaily Kos is Broken
I get it. We all hate Trump and anybody within a hundred yards of him. He’s evil. His kids are evil. His kids spouses are evil. Yada yada yada. And then we get this:Rented Mule Dec 31 · 03:35:05 PMI...
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"that Sneaky Dianne Feinstein"
xThe fact that Sneaky Dianne Feinstein, who has on numerous occasions stated that collusion between Trump/Russia has not been found, would release testimony in such an underhanded and possibly illegal...
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A great progressive candidate & some truly horrible people
Dan Canon is a real progressive, a civil rights lawyer who was involved in the Obergefell case, who is suing Trump and white supremacist Matthew Heimbach, and who has a real chance of unseating...
View ArticleThe AR-15, and other assault rifle musings
There is a lot of discussion about the AR-15 and assault rifles. Some of it is right, some wrong, and some depends upon where you go for the definition of "assault rifle." But none of it really...
View ArticleAt the Indianapolis march
This idiot showed up, marching up and down the street. At a march for kids.I just can’t wrap my head around what makes these people tick.
View ArticleDistributive Negotiating in an Integrated World
I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor at Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law and I teach...
View ArticleTrump would flunk my negotiations class
(this is a repost, at the kind suggestion of ursulafaw, who thought a different title might get the eyeballs it might deserve. Thank you for the kind words, uruslafaw. Original HERE.)I'm going to get a...
View ArticleKossack on "All Things Considered"
A few days ago I wrote a diary, “Trump would flunk my negotiations class.” That came from a Facebook post that is now over 12,000 shares. Well, NPR picked it up and called me about an interview, and...
View ArticleOh no! Am I turning into a pundit?
I wonder if there’s a shot for that?But seriously, some of you know that on the 4th I was on “All Things Considered,” on NPR. You can listen to it if you’d like. The story is Zero-Sum Tactics That...
View ArticleKossack on BBC World News
Well this was interesting.BBC emailed me on Friday and asked me to be on World News, then cancelled about an hour before the show. No big deal — stories get bumped all the time. I figured I was going...
View ArticleBATNA and Trump, a short negotiations lesson
(Cross-posted from LegalNegotiating.com, all rights reserved.)BATNA, an acronym for Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement, is a key element in a successful negotiation.1 Identifying the best...
View ArticleStop saying "perjury trap"
Please, FFS, stop saying “perjury trap” if you don’t know what it means. It feeds into a BS Trumpian meme, and it’s Just! Plain! Wrong!A perjury trap occurs when a question WHICH IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE...
View Article"Build a wall and Crime will fall"
"Build a wall and crime will fall" is Trump's new slogan. What people don't know is that this is just a snippet from a lesser known Dr. Suess story:A man came to town, Who seemed like a clown, We...
View ArticleImpeachment, Produced and Directed by Mitch McConnell
Diary after diary bemoans “centrist” interference with a righteous and delightful impeachment. “Trump’s a crook,” people declare, “so we must impeach him!” And “true progressives demand impeachment and...
View ArticleThe House should appropriate money to ask the citizenship question ...
The House should appropriate money to ask the citizenship question, but it should do so as follows. It would be interesting to see the response of those who insist the 2nd Amendment protects their...
View ArticleFinal exam question for your Negotiations course:
Final exam question for your Negotiations course:In the last full year reported, 2018, the United States imported $539,675.6M (almost $540B) in goods from China, while exporting $120,148.1M in goods,...
View ArticleA well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State ...
One of the favorite arguments among 2nd Amendment advocates is that it was written into the Constitution to give the people the ability to overthrow an unpopular government. This is incorrect. And no,...
View ArticleTrump negotiates blindfolded, with a sledgehammer - China uses a stiletto
China just announced $75B in counter-tariffs, in response to President Trump’s ongoing trade war. It may not seem like much, given the hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese imports that we have to...
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