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David Anderson, J.D. articles

David Anderson is an Australian-American lawyer in NYC with an education in (Middle East) politics and psychology and a career background in finance and law.

Wrecking Foreign Policy

by David Anderson, J.D. - April 9, 2017

Wrecking Foreign Policy

Given his “transactional” personal psychology and lifetime of terrible business decisions, Trump’s defunding of State is also the obvious logical conclusion of decades of Republican policy.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: China, Republicans, Russia, United Nations

“Othering” and Islam in Australia

by David Anderson, J.D. - March 22, 2017

Islam in Australia

Along with being similar societies with all the good; strong rule of law, secularism, and equality, the dark forces of mistaking religion for geographic culture, Islamophobia, and “othering” continue to divide.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Australia, Religion and Democracy

A Popular President Visits New York City

by David Anderson, J.D. - March 2, 2017

Popular President

In 20 minutes (social media flash-mob, you see) a surprisingly large crowd started to form on the street, gossip between strangers continued, and the human electricity in the restaurant charged.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Democrats, New York City and State Elections

National Artwork: Around the Roundel

by David Anderson, J.D. - February 24, 2017

Around the Roundel

Any country with an air force has roundels, even those who don’t own planes, and from a design and political perspective they’re fun. This study covers the most interesting examples.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Political Artwork, Worldwide

Trump’s Islam Ban Shows How Not to Keep Us Safe

by David Anderson, J.D. - February 1, 2017

Trump's Islam Ban

The stupidity of Trump’s showy, spiteful, move is more than geographic, it’s awful on legal and even efficacy grounds as well, and more complicated than it seems.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Australia, Iran, Middle East, Religion and Democracy

Walking a Tightrope to Qatar’s Future

by David Anderson, J.D. - January 21, 2017

Coat of Arms of Qatar

Being citizens of a fantastically rich petro-state, Qataris do not have to work or innovate for money in the way other countries do: they are the ultimate rentiers whose tiny population has won the geological lottery.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Dictatorships, Middle East, North Korea

Some Justice for an African Dachau?

by David Anderson, J.D. - January 13, 2017

African Dachau

Wikileaks cables provide a peek into the American view of Equatorial Guinea’s government in recent years: of the terrible corruption, unseemly ruling family, and general embarrassment to know.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, Colonialism, Dictatorships, Election History, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Spain

Mass Psychosis in Manhattan. Again.

by David Anderson, J.D. - January 7, 2017

Mass Psychosis

I live in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, a trendy slice of South Manhattan which defines “gentrification”. Lots of tourists mix with a strong LGBT community of residents. The election hit Chelsea hard.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: LGBT People and Democracy, New York City and State Elections

The Hidden Risks of Slaying Cambodian Monsters

by David Anderson, J.D. - December 27, 2016

Slaying Cambodian Monsters

If cushy exile is not automatic, when the retirement plan may not include a comfy villa, but rather a cell in The Hague or a Cambodian war crimes trial, why wouldn’t a dictator dig in his heels, garrison, and become more brutal?

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Asia, Cambodia, Dictatorships, Election History

Confessions of a Volunteer Attorney For the Hillary Campaign

by David Anderson, J.D. - November 16, 2016

Volunteer Attorney For Hillary

I feel a very personal failing here: Did I not work hard enough at Clinton High Command in Brooklyn? Should I have volunteered more hours manning the phones? What about our ”Wonderful ground game?”

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Democrats

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