Decades ago, when I was in seminary, one of the texts set as required reading was Saul Alinski’s “Rules for Radicals.” As an aside, I will say that in the full-time, three-year course of attaining a ...
Most conservatives seem to view Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals as a kind of secret handbook for President Barack Obama’s dark conspiracy to destroy America. Talk radio hosts bemoan “Alinskyite” ...
Rule 9: The threat is more terrifying than the thing itself. The ninth rule in Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals deals with fear. Alinsky wanted his followers to threaten action, hoping that the ...
Washington Examiner: Rules for Radicals 9: The Power is in the Threat
One wrote a manifesto called Rules for Radicals. The other wrote titles such as Seven Pillars of Peace, The Divine Romance and Freedom Under God. Both were natives of Illinois. Both shaped generations ...
In the second installment of the Rules for Radicals series, we explore Alinsky’s second rule and how the modern Democratic party has embraced these tactics of fear and confusion. RULE 2: Never go ...
Saul (/ sɔːl /; Hebrew: שָׁאוּל, Šāʾūl; transl. "asked/prayed for"; Greek: Σαούλ, Saoúl) was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy, a polity of uncertain historicity.
Saul was the first king of Israel (c. 1021–1000 bce). According to the biblical account found mainly in 1 Samuel, Saul was chosen king both by the judge Samuel and by public acclamation.
King Saul stands as one of the most tragic and complex figures in biblical history. As Israel's first monarch, he represented the nation's transition from a loose confederation of tribes led by judges to a unified kingdom under royal authority.