Advice and Consent By Leonard Zwelling It’s right there in Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the US Constitution. “He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate…”. This describes the time-honored principle of legislative review of presidential appointments and treaties. The recent adoption of the so-called “nuclear …
After Joe DiMaggio’s Gone By Leonard Zwelling Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), the Yankee Clipper, was the hard-hitting center fielder for the New York Yankees who epitomized grace and style before Mickey Mantle took his place. For my generation of New Yorkers, Mantle was the Yankees, but for those a bit older, it was DiMaggio. To …
200 K (+ more…) By Leonard Zwelling It has been less than a year since I began lenzwelling.blogspot.com. We have just passed our 200,000th page view. There have been close to 180 postings. I am floored. I guess, as I have said before, this internet thing is here to stay. This is …
Fakin’ It (and Extra—Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes…) (With apologies to Simon and Garfunkel and David Bowie) By Leonard Zwelling Just when you think it has gotten cold enough that all the nuts have frozen on the trees, my favorite story of 2013 drops like an apple on Sir Isaac’s head. The harassing San Diego mayor was not …
Paternalism (and EXTRA “……of the Year”) By Leonard Zwelling It’s way too simple but it does ring true. Republicans are like your father; Democrats like your mother. Republicans tell you to man up; Democrats will care for you. Republicans fancy themselves rugged individualists and self-made men (what happened to self-made women or is this …
The CPRIT One: Failing the Smell Test By Leonard Zwelling Both the Houston Chronicle and the on-line version of the NY Times via Kindle (by-line Associated Press) have reported on December 7 that the inquiry into the misdeeds that hampered CPRIT’s progress and held up the awarding of grants has resulted in a single indictment. …
Two Stories By Leonard Zwelling I love when the NY Times editorializes on the front page as it did on December 3. In two above the fold articles about health care, the paper first described in detail the outrageous system of hospital pricing. Right next to this story is a piece about the continuing …
Promises, Deals and Trust By Leonard Zwelling The 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination actually took me even further back. There has been much written last week about the era of the early 1960’s and how the world changed on November 22, 1963. I was one of those writers. But the world was changing …
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Slower (also see addendum at end please) By Leonard Zwelling At this time of remembrance of the life and death of President Kennedy, it is worth remembering how much he got done in so little time. The young President was only 46 at the time of his death. He will never grow old in …
Just Say No By Leonard Zwelling In an effort to boost profits during uncertain times, many large retailers opened their doors this Thanksgiving Day. The relatively short time between a late Thanksgiving and Wednesday Christmas along with yet another commercial ploy even more offensive to the human senses than the Black Friday running of …
