George F. Will

5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | George F. Will

Practicing the subtle craft of police work in Philadelphia (washingtonpost.com) Practicing the subtle craft of police work in Philadelphia By George F. Will 2025050911005200 PHILADELPHIA — When Nature designed Kevin Bethel, it had a police commissioner in mind. Physically, he fills his uniform with embodied authority. Temperamentally, he is phlegmatic, a virtue welcome in his office in this city. Five decades ago, the commissioner was a problem.

5 days ago | nysun.com | George F. Will

So this is “the art of the deal.” The author of the book with that title is illustrating the subtleties of dealmaking in negotiations about Ukraine. First, flatter the person with whom you are negotiating, calling him a “genius,” “savvy,” and “very smart.” Disregard Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1940 warning that “no man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.” President Trump began his charm offensive at a 2018 meeting with Vladimir Putin at Helsinki.

5 days ago | mankatofreepress.com | George F. Will

So this is “the art of the deal.” The author of the book with that title is illustrating the subtleties of dealmaking in negotiations about Ukraine. First, flatter the person with whom you are negotiating, calling him a “genius,” “savvy” and “very smart.” Disregard Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1940 warning that “no man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.”Donald Trump began his charm offensive at a 2018 meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

5 days ago | estadao.com.br | George F. Will

Então esta é “A arte da negociação”. O autor do livro com este título ilustra sutilezas em negociações nas tratativas sobre a Ucrânia. Primeiro bajule o indivíduo com quem você estiver negociando, chamando-o de “gênio”, “perspicaz” e “muito inteligente”. Desconsidere o conselho de Franklin Roosevelt, de 1940, avisando que “nenhum homem é capaz de domar um tigre e transformá-lo em um gatinho somente acariciando-o”.

5 days ago | thetimestribune.com | George F. Will

The Trump administration’s coercion of Columbia University involved reciprocal misbehavior by the school and the government. This and other threatened punishment is probably a harbinger of further unlawful behavior by a lawless government against teaching institutions that are slow learners. Columbia was dilatory and incompetent in dealing with demonstrations that disrupted education and created a hostile campus environment for a disfavored minority, Jews.