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Cowley's Crusade

Liars, cheats, thieves, killers, and fools populate Western European History. Some are benign scalawags like Robert Ripley. Some are scoundrels like Victor Lustig who steal your money. And some are malignant.

Some are political leaders. Some are minions like Tucker Carlson, eager to curry favor with power.

Some are killers.

I have a background in European Pre-Enlightenment thinking. My plan was to have fun with some of the darker corners of history.

But I couldn’t get past Donald Trump, the man who hijacked the heart of rural America and turned it into an array of lies.

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Is this international diplomacy?

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Is this international diplomacy?