“NICE” CANADA ONCE PLANNED TO INVADE AMERICA
Canada is furious about “Lake America.”
President Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario has been received north of the border as one more intolerable act of American arrogance: an insult to Canadian sovereignty, an affront to Canadian dignity, perhaps even proof that the United States has become a threat.
Trump is trolling, of course. But as always, the trolling isn’t random.
Negotiation, like poker, is a contest in emotional control: the player who keeps his head can manipulate the one who loses his. Trump is deliberately provoking Canada because anger clouds judgment, wounded pride invites mistakes, and an emotional opponent is easier to maneuver.
Canada keeps responding with outrage and claims of betrayal. Trump keeps provoking it because the provocation keeps working.
[TTP: Because we are now entering “flu season,” we’ll shift to viruses and immunity support for a bit.]
Capitalism is under attack from classrooms to town halls to voting booths.
I took my son Brandon on our Indian Tibet expedition when he was 10 years old in 1993. Here we are about to whitewater run the Zanskar River right through the Himalayas. Look at that smile – now there’s an ecstatically happy boy. Wouldn’t you like to see a smile like that on your child or grandchild?
NEW YORK, NY — Governor Kathy Hochul desperately tried to warn New Yorkers that Republicans were taking away women's rights, but no one in the room could hear her because her mouth was covered by a hijab.
[This Monday’s Archive was originally in TTP on May 15, 2015. It called for another John Wilkes, “Champion of English Freedom” as his statue on Fetter Street in London declares, to run for President as the Champion of American Freedom. One month later, on June 16, Donald Trump accompanied by Melania, rode the elevator in Trump Tower to the lobby to formally announce his presidential candidacy. Some of his advisors, I later learned, read TTP. I’ve often wondered since if this essay helped make his decision. Regardless, there’s a message here to all of us as the midterms loom.]
Western civilization is often defined by its accomplishments. Democracy, individual rights, religious liberty, and scientific advancement are all commonly associated with the West.
