Leonard Zwelling

The Strategic Need For Good Advice By Leonard Zwelling According to various reports, President Trump had had enough when he saw the attempted sacking of the American embassy in Baghdad by Iraqi citizens and Iran-backed militia. He was not going to be accused of “another Benghazi.” So he struck, much to the surprise of his […]

Is America At War With Iran? By Leonard Zwelling Given the large and diffuse deployment of American military forces all over the world, and especially in the Middle East, we must be at war with someone. After the drone strike killing of Quds Force leader Qassim Soleimani on January 2, it is likely that the

Bombshell: Sexual Harassment Is About Power, Not Sex By Leonard Zwelling One of the most important stories of the last ten years is the #MeToo movement. Sexual harassment is something whose existence can no longer be accepted or denied by anyone. It is an unwanted reality of modern life. It is also to be resisted

What Can Be Learned From The Case Of SEAL Chief Edward Gallagher? By Leonard Zwelling This article in The New York Times on December 27 tended to be more confusing than clarifying. It’s about the Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher who was accused of atrocities during war, exonerated of most of the counts by a military

Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism? Trump’s Extending Civil Rights To Jews On Campus By Leonard Zwelling Oh boy! This is a tough one. First, I have to set aside my own prejudice on this issue because my love for the land of Israel is so profound, that I cannot be objective about those who oppose official Israeli

When Is Enough Enough? By Leonard Zwelling Two stories caught my eye on the morning of December 17 in The New York Times. Neither had anything to do with impeachment. Neither was about mass shootings. Neither involved foreign policy—Israeli or otherwise. No these were stories that not only were American stories, they were uniquely American

Social Ills: Number One With A Bullet By Leonard Zwelling On Meet the Press on Sunday, December 22, Chuck Todd and his panel reviewed the biggest stories of the past decade. I was sure that the number one story would be the election of Donald Trump. That was only number 4 tied with the killing

Are You A Member Of the Sexual Harassment Police? You Are Now. By Leonard Zwelling According to reports I have received, there is a new policy at MD Anderson concerning allegations of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct. It is now cause for dismissal if anyone on the faculty or staff is aware of an incident

What’s The Truth? By Leonard Zwelling Perhaps nothing dominates the editorial pages like this question. What are we really seeing and hearing on TV, the Internet, and in our lives? What can we trust when we can no longer trust our senses, not because our hearing or vision is malfunctioning, but because the signals coming

Epistemology: The Power To Know By Leonard Zwelling https://study.com/academy/lesson/epistemology-definition-examples-quiz.html I have been thinking about this one for weeks now. In the Age of Trump, how can we know the truth? How can anyone know the truth? What is the truth and how do we determine its validity? I never thought this would be a problem.