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A California father-of-seven says he was beaten-up by grocery store staff after making a sarcastic remark about the length of a checkout line. John Valencia was filmed scuffling with staff at Stater Brothers in San Bernardino on April 20, but said the violence escalated in a private store closet. He told Fox13 that the incident began when he went to pick up a coffee, only to be confronted with a long checkout line for a single cash register. Valencia says he asked a manager to open another, only to be ignored. When he told the manager 'great customer service,' in...

The best frame of reference for people to filter this decision is the VP selection process when Mr. Trump selected Governor Mike Pence.  A similar set of decision making principles apply.   WARNING – new words again. Traditionally (<– key word) the White House Chief of Staff is the liaison between the President and the various affiliated professional political types who wish to engage with the President. However, Donald Trump is his own organizational person. Little research and analysis has ever been given to how small the Trump circle is despite his massive private sector business operations.  This is one of those aspects...

As White House chief of staff for almost 5 1/2 years, I faced many significant management challenges. The incoming tasks never seemed to let up and expectations always seemed to exceed realization. I described the job as drinking from a fire hydrant or working a fast-food counter during a lunch-hour rush that never ends. I knew something about life behind the fast-food counter. My first experience was in high school in Brockton, Mass., at the hamburger restaurant Kemps of America, where a meal of a burger, fries and a drink cost about 35 cents. While at the University of South...