Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Trump Told America We Were a Failed Nation, So We Elected Him President

Posted on November 8, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, November 8, 2024 Every time Donald Trump referred to America as a failed nation, many of us cringed and yelled, “We are not!” When he coined his signature phrase, “Make America Great Again,” we screamed, “Again? We’re already … Continue reading →

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Sometimes, It Takes a Historian

Posted on October 22, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, October 22, 2024 In 2016, many factors combined to enable Donald Trump to defeat Hilary Clinton. In light of all that’s happened since Barack Obama was elected in 2008, an important factor that has critical importance today has … Continue reading →

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Making Fries at McDonald’s

Posted on October 20, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, October 20, 2024 As if this election season couldn’t get any stranger, the center point of the presidential campaign has turned to McDonald’s. I understand why people were concerned when Tim Walz appeared to imply that he had … Continue reading →

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Lock ’em Up

Posted on September 10, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, September 10, 2024 There are many things dictators and wannabe-dictators do to stay in power. The most common is the use of political arrests. Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran all do it, and Hungary, which is still … Continue reading →

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Debate 2.0

Posted on September 4, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, September 4, 2024 Debate 2.0 is a direct consequence of Debate 1.0, in which Donald Trump put on a shameless display of ignoring every rule and shot gunning President Biden with a nonstop assault of lies, exaggerations, and … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Waning Fortunes

Posted on June 1, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, June 1, 2022 After predicting that there was no way an ignorant, immoral narcissist like Donald Trump could win the presidency in America, I don’t make predictions anymore. I clearly misread what is obvious in retrospect. Barack Obama’s … Continue reading →

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Servant of the People

Posted on May 8, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, May 9, 2022 By now, most of us know the remarkable story of Ukrainian President Володимир Зеленський (Volodymyr Zelensky) and how he found himself at the fulcrum of history. But knowing isn’t the same as seeing and feeling. … Continue reading →

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Hypocrisy and the Filibuster

Posted on March 27, 2021 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, March 27, 2021 I’m not an expert in either government or politics, but if there’s anything in our history that has a worse record of hypocrisy than the Senate filibuster, I’m not aware of it. As we learned … Continue reading →

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A Party At War with Itself

Posted on February 15, 2021 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, February 15, 2021 In his new book, A History of What Comes Next, Silvain Neuvel describes the unfortunate circumstances in which the German population, specifically, it’s surviving men, found itself in 1946: The Germans are in shock, stunned, … Continue reading →

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The Biden Era Begins

Posted on January 19, 2021 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, January 19, 2021 When Barack Obama was inaugurated as President in 2009, Mitch McConnell, who was Senate Minority Leader at the time, said, “My job is to assure that Obama is a one-term president.”  He did not achieve … Continue reading →

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