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The Republican Candidates: Substance vs. Style: What Trumps What?
The first debate(s) showed us that the Republicans are often in a war between substance and style. Can a candidate emerge that will combine both? Or will theatricality and style Trump competence and substance? Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse August ...
Don’t Dismiss The Donald: 4 Reasons Why Trump Could Win GOP Nomination
Author's note: I challenge readers to find pieces by non-Trump-supporters that recognized the threat Trump presented to the degree I did when I wrote this in early August 2015... ***** You may not respect his message, his positions, or the ...
Grading Obama’s Middle East Strategy II: Syria’s Civil War
Grading Obama on what has—and has not—been done by his administration regarding the Syrian Civil War Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse August 3, 2015 By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter @bfry1981) August 3rd, 2015 Reuters This piece has also ...
Black & White III: Why Southerners Voted to Secede, in Their Own Words
The rebel "Confederate" flag is much less of a problem than the values and system it represents. The romanticization of the South's traitorous slaveowner-led rebellion is an insult to America and American values and 150 years after the defeat of ...
Black & White II: The REAL Confederate Cause & Its Southern Opposition
The rebel "Confederate" flag is much less of a problem than the values and system it represents. The romanticization of the South's traitorous slaveowner-led rebellion is an insult to America and American values and 150 years after the defeat of ...
Republicans: Wrong on Iran Deal & Constitution, Wrong for USA & Israel
It's hard to be so wrong and silly on such substantive issues as war and peace, nuclear proliferation, improving our relationship with Iran, and our Constitution, but the Republican Party is trying very hard and is succeeding spectacularly. We should ...
Black & White I: Confederate Flag Nothing to Celebrate: SC Debate
The rebel "Confederate" flag is much less of a problem than the values and system it represents. The romanticization of the South's traitorous slaveowner-led rebellion is an insult to America and American values and 150 years after the defeat of ...
How Not to Stop Terrorism/Gun Violence: Lessons from Republicans
How the GOP's playbook for myopia, overreaction, and inaction empowers terrorism, violent criminals, and mass shooters Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse June 30, 2015 By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter @bfry1981) June 30th, 2015 The Boston area on ...
Development: The Fix for Terrorism & Violent Crime
In the wake of the Charleston shooting, why a holistic approach is what we need to tackle both violent crime and terrorism Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse June 19, 2015 By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter @bfry1981) June 19th, ...
Top Political & Foreign Policy Lessons from Game of Thrones
Top ten political and foreign policy lessons from Game of Thrones, or, how Game of Thrones can rescue us from our childish delusions Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse June 16, 2015 By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter @bfry1981) June ...
American Guns: Not Just Killing Americans (See Mexico)
Why U.S. policies are killing Mexicans and what can be done about it Published by LinkedIn Pulse May 28, 2015 By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter @bfry1981) UPDATE 9/13/15: Donald Trump keeps talking about how bad the crime ...
Grading Obama’s Middle East Strategy I
A Sensible Grading of Obama’s Middle East Strategy, As Opposed to Republican Nonsense: Part I: Muslim World Reset, Iraq, Israel/Palestine If you can’t understand that Obama’s overall Middle East strategy is starting to work, you don’t know what you’re talking ...
