May 2015

What’s the Real Ask in Baltimore? And What About Tel-Aviv?

What’s the Real Ask in Baltimore? And What About Tel-Aviv? By Leonard Zwelling          The performance of the police, the crowds, the demonstrators and the mayor leaves a whole lot to be desired in Baltimore. People said things they don’t really mean and did things they will live to regret. Freddie Gray is dead and …

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Institutional PTSD

Institutional PTSD By Leonard Zwelling http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/05/ptsd-war-home-sebastian-junger          This article is critical for all Americans to read. Its thesis is simple. PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, has nothing to do with what happens on the battlefield and everything to do with what happens once a soldier returns home. The author, Sebastian Junger, is a famous war correspondent …

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The Right to Offend and the Danger of Disordered Thinking

The Right to Offend and the Danger of Disordered Thinking By Leonard Zwelling          In the wake of the attack in Garland, Texas that, fortunately, only left the putatively ISIS-inspired gunmen dead, much has been made of the right to free speech, the gathering the gunmen sought to disrupt, and whether or not the gathering …

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Hillary, Enough. Be Gone!

Hillary, Enough. Be Gone! By Leonard Zwelling          Personally, I have had enough of crooked Presidents of stuff—corporations, academic institutions, governments. If it is possible to head off another disastrous, ethically compromised Presidency before it gets launched, I am there. And I think we have the opportunity.          While I have been an admirer of …

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