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Nelson Mandela and his South African rainbow nation
October 26, 2021At the outset, my plan for this post was to focus on Nelson Mandela, whose tale of transformation is...
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How the US could get on the road to unity
September 20, 2021In the last entry, I wrote that Joe Biden’s best opportunity to have a transformational impact on the American political landscape...
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Mr Biden’s missed opportunities
June 4, 2021When I sat down to write the last post, it occurred to me that two of the primary themes...
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How President Biden might use the experience of Thatcher and De Gaulle
April 26, 2021Continuing on the theme of last time, I have often wondered if leaders today can still learn from the...
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Can lessons from the past help Joe Biden today?
April 6, 2021The protagonists of our two previous posts, Charles De Gaulle and Margaret Thatcher, are illustrations of a point I...
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An impressive tale of transformation
March 16, 2021The previous post, about Charles de Gaulle’s use of narrative and historical symbol, led some readers to ask if...
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Searching for Joe Biden’s story
June 21, 2020It seems that every four years, history repeats itself, and something causes me to write about US politics. Of...