Monthly Archives: December 2020

A Different Perspective

Posted on December 30, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 30, 2020 Assuming that you pay any attention to him, these days, do you still shake your head struggling to understand why Donald Trump behaves the way he does? After a year-and-a-half of the most bitter, hate-filled … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Bill Barr, cults, hate, immigrants, incarcerated children, Joe Biden, love, Mark Esper, Mitch McConnell, progressives, refugees, sabotage, socialism, sociopathy, the enemy of my enemy, trump's base, Trump's behavior | Leave a comment

Management Styles

Posted on December 28, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 28, 2020 Imagine that you work for a large corporation that serves millions of customers. Despite having a resume that has no relationship to the job, you have responsibility for an enormously costly project that will require … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged anger management, CEOs, Confederate generals, contradiction, coronavirus relied bill, corporate business, Defense Apropritions Act, ego, future candidates, idiosyncracies, misdirection, personality traits, psychological evaluation | Leave a comment

Presidential Christmas Messages

Posted on December 25, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 25, 2020 It wasn’t too long ago that the worst thing we had to bear on Christmas was a presidential address filled with empty platitudes. One of the more heartfelt was Harry Truman’s first such address in … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged bill clinton, cold war, Communism, Dwight Eisenhower, george w bush, Gerald Ford, Harry Truman, John F Kennedy, Joseph McCarthy, nine-eleven, Nulear arms race, richard nixon, roy cohn, vietnam, watergate, World War 2 | 2 Comments

The White Whale

Posted on December 22, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 22, 2020 No, the title is not a disparaging reference to Donald Trump, though many of his detractors and most stand-up comedians have described him that way. It’s a metaphor for his obsession with power and himself, … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged 25th amendment, Ahab, Bandy Lee, Bill Barr, Herman Melville, Kenneth Rosenberg, Mary Trump, mental illness, Moby Dick, narcissistic personality disorder, Narcissus, Norm Ornstein, Pence, revenge, self-destruction | Leave a comment

An Out of Control President

Posted on December 19, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 19, 2020 During the past few weeks, America and indeed the entire world have seen a spectacle evolve in the White House that we used to associate with tin horn dictatorships in Third World countries. The only … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged 25th amendment, coup, cyber attack, Defense Department, Georgia, impeachment, inauguration, martial law, Michael Flynn, Mike Pence, Mitch McConnell, Mueller probe, Putin, russia, sabotage, Senate majority, stimulus bill | 1 Comment

Herd Immunity and Sociopathy – A Fatal Combination

Posted on December 17, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 17, 2020 Several news outlets today reported that the Trump administration, with the overt approval of the president, secretly pursued a strategy of achieving herd immunity to the COVID virus by deliberately allowing it to spread among … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Anthony Fauci, Brazil, CDC, children, COVID, Debra Birx, fatality rates, herd immunity, Kristian Anderson, low risk populations, masks, narcissism, Nature, quacks, schools, Scripps Research Institute, social distancing, sweden, vaccines | 1 Comment

If I Were the President Elect…

Posted on December 16, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 16, 2020 President Elect Joe Biden has not called to ask my advice. Neither has anyone else for that matter. But that won’t deter me from offering some. First, and most important, Mr. President Elect, do everything … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged active-duty military, Anthony Fauci, COVID, distancing, Fourth of July, Hassan Rouhani, Henry Kissinger, insurrection, Iran Nuclear deal, isolationim, John Kerry, Kim Jong Un, masks, Memorial Day, Michael Osterholm, national guard, NATO, Obamacare, Paris Climate Accords, tariffs, trade wars, vaccines, violence, virtual inauguration, vladimir Putin, xi Jinping, zero tolerance | 2 Comments

Wall of Infamy

Posted on December 15, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 15, 2020 Today, Washington Post journalist Ruth Marcus published the list of the Republican members of the House of Representatives who signed on to the bogus Texas lawsuit that asked the U. S, Supreme Court to overturn … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged 2020 election, concession, disenfranchising voters, election challenges, Georgia, Jim Jordan, kevin mccarthy, lawsuits, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ruth Marcus, sedition, Steve Scalise, supreme court, Texas lawsuit, Trump, washington post, wisconsin | 1 Comment

Thank You, Mr. President

Posted on December 14, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 14, 2020 Yesterday, on CNN’s State of the Union, journalist Jake Tapper thanked President Trump for his service. He noted some real accomplishments, notably, forcing Americans to examine our place in the world and the way our … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Bill Gates, BioNTech, CNN, COVID, David Knowles, FDA, Jake Tapper, Ken Paxton, kevin mccarthy, Melinda Gates, Michael Cohen, Mitch McConnell, Pfizer, Stephen Hahn, Steve Scalise, vaccine, Yahoo News | 1 Comment

Stress Tests

Posted on December 12, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 12, 2020 Stress tests have been used ever since people have been building and manufacturing things to assure their safety and soundness. Would you get on an airplane if you didn’t know that every piece of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Bush, charismatic leaders, civil war, Clinton, constitution, demagogues, depression, divisiveness, equality, fox news, hyperpartisanship, inclusion, John Roberts, misinformation, nine-eleven, Obama, Roger Ailes, social media, supreme court, Trump, Trumpism, vietnam, watergate | 1 Comment

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Monthly Archives: December 2020

A Different Perspective

Management Styles

Presidential Christmas Messages

The White Whale

An Out of Control President

If I Were the President Elect…

Wall of Infamy

Thank You, Mr. President

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