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Monthly Archives: February 2019
Can It Happen Here?
Alan Zendell, February 26, 2018 One of the nearly continuous lessons I learned growing up in post-World War Two New York, was that America was the strongest and most virtuous country on Earth. The idea that America was where the … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-semitism, autocracy, bigotry, Communism, divisiveness, Donald Trump, dystopia, Fascism, fear, Franklin Roosevelt, hitler, Judiciary, Mussolini, Nazism, Philip K. Dick, racism, sexism, Sinclair Lewis, Stalin, the press, totalitarianism, truth, World War 2
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Emergency!
Alan Zendell, February 16, 2019 The nation is faced with two emergencies this week. Neither of them is the trumped up entirely specious non-emergency at our border with Mexico. The State of Emergency declared by President Trump is nothing more … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Andrew Cuomo, ann coulter, Bill de Blasio, border wall, caravans, congress, criminals, Democrats, divisiveness, drug dealers, elizabeth warren, illegal immigrants, jobs, landowners, mexico, New York City, ocasio-cortez, ranchers, smugglers, Trump
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The Big Lie – the Wall
Alan Zendell, February 12, 2019 Throughout his presidency Donald Trump has displayed a disturbing combination of ignorance and narcissism, which was never more apparent than during the January government shutdown and the successive three weeks of bipartisan budget negotiations. Back … Continue reading
The Battle of the New Yorkers
February 10, 2019 We’ve just begun a two-year-long election campaign during which we will hear about Medicare-For-All and the Green New Deal ad nauseum. No-one wants to be beaten over the head with the debate for twenty-one months, but there’s … Continue reading
The State of Trump’s Union
Alan Zendell, February 5, 2019 Most of us are engaged in some form of negotiation all the time. Raising our kids, managing relationships with significant others, haggling over the cost of rugs and chickens, negotiating business deals, getting along with … Continue reading
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Tagged beligerrence, Chuck Schumer, commitment, congress, courtesy, emancipation proclamation, etiquette, executive powers, insults, lies, lincoln, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, national emergency, negotiation, Paul Ryan, Trump, trust, truth
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