Two Problem Children Who Want To Be In Leadership Roles By Leonard Zwelling This is not about Donald Trump. Mr. Trump already is a leader, regrettably. No, here I am talking about Ralph Northam, the current Governor of Virginia, for one and Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks who is contemplating a third-party run for […]
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Furies By Leonard Zwelling “Attention must be paid.” That’s from Arthur Miller’s The Death of a Salesman, but perhaps it has started to be the watchword of the new Congress with over 100 female members. They will not go unheard this time. As Maureen Dowd in The NY Times, (January 19) points out, led by
Would Martin Luther King, Jr. Back The Palestinian Cause Today? By Leonard Zwelling The civil rights lawyer and New York Times columnist Michelle Alexander speculates that he would in the above piece from January 19. She makes a good case. King was out in front of many with his criticism of the Vietnam War before
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Something To Think About By Leonard Zwelling https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/28/health/duke-professor-warns-chinese-students-speak-english-trnd/index.html That was the subject line of the email sent to first and second year biostatistics grad students by the Director of the Masters Program at Duke Medical School, Megan Neely. The email was a warning to Chinese students to speak English 100% of the time during their
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The Suitcases Of Hong Kong By Leonard Zwelling It’s a huge and busy city with skyscrapers to match those of Manhattan including the Batman Building from which Christian Bale caught a plane and a crook. Some streets are so packed with people that one can barely walk. The shops are both on the street as
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Taiwan: Where The Sound Of Freedom Is Laughter By Leonard Zwelling After having spent a few weeks in a Communist country (Vietnam), and a few days in one still reeling from mass oppression and genocide (Cambodia), it was a breath of fresh air to land in Taiwan, the Republic of China or, as many would
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Trump Blinks By Leonard Zwelling There’s no doubt who won this round. It goes to the Speaker proving that she is a match and more for the denizen of the White House, the bloviating Agent Orange. Trump opened the government by signing the three-week extension that came to him from Capitol Hill. Federal employees can
The Bad Good Men Do By Leonard Zwelling When they die, they always say nice things about them. That’s what a eulogy is. It’s a praising of the recently departed. But I have a theory about these dead men. It only applies to men so far. It may well be true of dead women as
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Bag Man By Leonard Zwelling The President of the United States is being threatened with indictment or impeachment. Those around him may be guilty as well. The president has fired many of his former associates. He is being accused of obstruction of justice and the Justice Department is being put in the unenviable position of
2020 By Leonard Zwelling Let’s talk 2020. Oy, already? Yes, already. The Democrats are lining up to run for president including Elizabeth Warren, Joaquin Castro, and others. But let’s cut to the elephant in the room. That would be the GOP elephant named Donald Trump. More than anything else, the 2020 presidential election will be
