Category: Politics

Op-Ed on Donald Trump by Jan Van Schaik MD
By Categories: Politics, Psychoanalysis

Donald Trump’s Authoritarian Proclivities: A Personal Perspective

As an immigrant who came to the United States to escape the potential threat of Soviet authoritarianism, I have grave concerns that Donald Trump has authoritarian desires and, if given the chance, would move America in an authoritarian direction.

My viewpoint is deeply informed by my personal history. Nearly two decades ago I was struck by the following quote: “The most important event of my life occurred before I was born.” This quote from the son of a Holocaust survivor, was cited by Dora Apel, in her 2002 book, Memory Effects: The Holocaust and the Art of Secondary Witnessing. Although I’ve had my share of trauma, I resonated deeply with this quote ever since I first read it.

I was born in postwar Europe in 1953. My parents immigrated to the US with my sister and me in 1959, after they feared Soviet Continue reading Op-Ed on Donald Trump by Jan Van Schaik MD

American Pathogen
By Categories: Politics, Science

Dear colleagues,
In terms of doing something- a good friend’s son was involved in this video production on the COVID19 response of the president and his staff.  I’ve been told they would like it as widely disseminated as possible.  I think it speaks very well to the dangers we are all facing.   It is called American Pathogen

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I do think we need to be very careful of both wild analysis and thinking we as analysts are unique in our knowledge and viewpoints. But we must do something and being effective advocates of change and ethics and truth, should be the task of everyone including analysts.

It is a dangerous situation, but not 1933 Germany. It is 2020 which makes it frightening in a different way.  The climate issues, systemic Continue reading American Pathogen

““I’ll Never Question 1938 In Germany Again”: An Ex-Republican Strategist Surveys The Wreckage Of Trump’s  GOP
By Categories: History, Politics

Click Here to Read: ““I’ll Never Question 1938 In Germany Again”: An Ex-Republican Strategist Surveys The Wreckage Of Trump’s  GOP : Republicans “all know that Trump is an idiot,” says Stuart Stevens, but “they convinced themselves that he was a necessity.” Now they’re facing the consequences, as Stevens—and others—jumps ship by  Joe Hagan on the Vanity Fair Hive website on September 10, 2020. 
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