Being a Political Scientist by education, professional training and both academic and executive experience, I am dumbfounded that I have no choice but to express my  strong  views publicly at a time of national trepidation, political chaos and fear for the future of our country. It is more than Donald Trump. In fact, as I am about to delineate, it is those who have Enabled Trump that create my heightened concern and wrath. Why do these Enablers assume  an  inordinate place in the hierarchy of disreputability and danger that our country now faces? It is time to review some history and historical commentary. But, before I do so, and since this is my first blog post, I will introduce myself.

I am a graduate of Queens College of the City University of New York with a BA in Political Science granted in 1970, followed by an MA and Ph.D. in Political Science earned at UCLA. My specializations were in the areas of American foreign policy and government,  international relations, and the politics and international relations of the Middle East. Of continuing and special interest within those sub-areas is political decision-making, particularly at the American presidential level. (Thus, perhaps, my particular sensitivity to the apparent mismanagement of  foreign affairs by Trump and his associates).

In the years during and since achieving my Doctorate, I taught Political Science in the California State University system, at UCLA, and at various institutions in Maryland, where I now reside. I have also served as an Executive for the American Jewish Committee and other Jewish institutions in Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston and Baltimore. In the latter, I was Executive Director for the Baltimore Jewish Council, where I primarily led staff and lobbied on behalf of American Jewish political interests, especially the United States’ relationship with Israel. I retired from the latter position (after 26 years), in June of 2016.

Today, I have heightened concerns for the moral, political and economic health of our country along with Israel’s future as a dynamic and tolerant nation. Thus, Skepticart. I welcome an interchange of ideas and civil dialogue.