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The Billionaires’ Space Race
Alan Zendell, July 20, 2021 This morning’s Blue Horizon launch of four people into “near space,” was perfect by every standard. It went off precisely on time, going straight up, as advertised, to a maximum altitude of seventy miles, flying … Continue reading
A Fascist America?
Alan Zendell, July 16, 2021 Back in 2017, when I first broached the subject of Donald Trump’s apparent infatuation with the tactics Adolf Hitler used to solidify and expand his power, some readers nodded sadly in agreement, some scoffed, and … Continue reading
Getting at the Truth
Alan Zendell, July 5, 2021 The next few weeks should be fascinating if you don’t mind sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to see if your elected leaders do their jobs or continue to trash the Constitution. The … Continue reading
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Tagged bigotry, civil war, greed, Growth of the Internet, hyposcrisy, insurrection, kevin mccarthy, lack of regulation, misogyny, radical agendas, The Big Lie, vladimir Putin
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Leaving Afghanistan, Triage on a Global Scale
Alan Zendell, July 9. 2021 Triage is an unpleasant but necessary concept. Sometimes, we can’t save everyone no matter how deserving or worthy they are. It happens on battlefields, during epidemics, and in routine hospital settings, as when there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Qaeda, allocating resources, COVID, infrastructure, intelligence failures, ISIS, Jihad, nation building, nine-eleven, osama bin laden, revenge, Soviet Union, Taliban, warlords
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Comparing Then and Now
Alan Zendell, July 6, 2021 Running for re-election in 1984, Ronald Reagan asked Americans if they were better off than they were when he took office. Yesterday, President Biden delivered an Independence Day speech that asked Americans to compare where … Continue reading
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Tagged bigotry, COVID, divisiveness, Donald Trump, Frankling Roosevelt, greatness, hate, Joe Biden, John Kennedy, lyndon johnson, ronald reagan, the role of government, truth, vaccines
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What Were We Celebrating on the Fourth?
Alan Zendell, July 5, 2021 For me, something about the Fourth of July was off this year. I felt like the country was desperate to celebrate something, but not sure what it was. The legacy of the last five years … Continue reading
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Tagged 600 thousand dead, American flags, Anthony Fauci, Baltimore, confederate monuments, COVID, delta variant, fireworks, Fourth of July, Joe Biden, new normal, New York, patriotism, Washington
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Saving Our Future
Alan Zendell, June 30, 2021 If it wasn’t obvious before last week, it should be now. Our country and the planet of which it is a small part are in trouble. The problem is more serious than petty politics, huge … Continue reading
Living in Interesting Times
Alan Zendell, June 29, 2021 The phrase, “We live in interesting times” is an ironic warning about coming uncertainty and jeopardy. Whether or not it was originally a Chinese curse, the implication is that war and chaos are a lot … Continue reading
The Sinema-Manchin Roadblock
Alan Zendell, June 23, 2021 Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who was elected to represent Arizona in 2018, has been in an unusual position for the past month. The media has characterized her as “the other” Democratic voice opposed to killing … Continue reading
