Why Netanyahu Keeps Winning By Leonard Zwelling Matti Friedman says a lot in his editorial in The New York Times on Monday, September 9. He talks about the unspoken reason Israelis keep returning Mr. Netanyahu to the prime minister’s office year after year and may well do it again on September 17. In a word—security. […]
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Leaders As Media Stars: The New Normal Thanks To Donald Trump By Leonard Zwelling John F. Kennedy was the first TV star president. Until the photogenic young leader held those memorable press conferences filled with his singular good humor, no one had ever seen a President of the United States seem like another human being.
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The Loudest Voice By Leonard Zwelling He was Trump before there was Trump. He understood the power of the media and he also understood that most mainstream media was not speaking to a large portion of the American people. He was Roger Ailes and he invented Fox News. The Showtime original seven-part miniseries The Loudest
Getting To Character By Leonard Zwelling David Brooks has written an insightful column in The New York Times (AUG 30) about Jim Mattis, the former Secretary of Defense under Donald Trump. General Mattis is a U.S. Marine and adheres to the behavior so characteristic of Marines–sacrifice, devotion to duty and country, and a bit of
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“You Should Have A Fulfilling Career” By Leonard Zwelling The article in The New York Times Magazine on August 25 was about Venus Williams and whether or not she gets the full credit she deserves as a trailblazer in women’s sports when her sister Serena’s accomplishments have eclipsed hers. But the title quote is from
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Why Hong Kong Matters By Leonard Zwelling https://www.tripsavvy.com/democracy-press-and-freedom-in-the-hong-kong-sar-1535635 If you visited Hong Kong, at least until recently, you would discover a very cosmopolitan city, rampant with capitalism. The streets are filled with people from Mainland China wheeling suitcases that they are filling with goods that they are buying in Hong Kong on day trips. These
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Conflict Of Interest By Leonard Zwelling I recently presented a talk to grand rounds of the Department of Pediatrics at the UT School of Medicine in Houston about conflict of interest. It is a presentation I have given many times before, but always seems to catch the audience by surprise. First, most members of the
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Why I Hate United Airlines By Leonard Zwelling It had been a great trip up until the day of our departure back from Scotland to Houston. We had motored down from Nairn in the Highlands late Thursday after playing the last of our six golf courses there. The journey took almost four hours as traffic
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St. Andrews: Disneyland For Golfers By Leonard Zwelling There are several destination rounds of golf that every golfer wants to play. Pebble Beach is on everyone’s list and well, it should be. It is a unique experience in one of the most beautiful parts of North America, the Monterey Peninsula. Like most golf destinations, the
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The American Jewish Community Doesn’t Need Trump’s Advice By Leonard Zwelling On August 20, President Trump let it be known that he thought American Jews that voted for Democrats displayed a “total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.” It is no longer surprising that the president makes outrageous statements. It is no longer surprising that
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