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Biden’s Foreign Policy Challenges
Alan Zendell, February 27, 2021 After Donald Trump’s America First policy, I was glad that President Biden’s first international call was to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. No two countries’ futures are as inextricably tied to each other as Canada’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Bahrain, Benjamin Netanyahu, canada, china, climate change, drought, dust bowl, europe, iran, israel, Jamal Khashogi, jared kushner, Justin Trudeau, Keystone pipeline, Mohammad bin Salman, NATO, North Korea, nuclear deal, russia, saudi arabia, South Korea, Syria, UAE, vladimir Putin, xi Jinping, Yemen
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The Horrifying Aftermath
Alan Zendell, November 13, 2020 Ten days after the November 3rd election our nation is in a surreal place. If Steven Spielberg wrote it up and tried to sell it to Hollywood, they’d laugh him out of town. The spectacle … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, 9/11 Commission, Andy Card, china, COVID cases, COVID deaths, Defense Department, delayed transition, george w bush, Georgia, Homeland Security, iran, Joe Biden, lindsey graham, Mitch McConnell, North Korea, preparedness, russia, security briefings, Senate majority, Steven Spielberg, transition funding
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America’s Role in the World
Alan Zendell, November 3, 2020 I grew up in New York City in the years following World War 2. In many ways New York seemed to be the center of the universe back then, because it represented the financial and … Continue reading
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Tagged alliances, America First, American leadership, American values, china, democracy, europe, isolationism, Joe Biden, Marshall Plan, NATO, racism, russia, terrorism, trade wars, unity, voter suppression, World War 2
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Protecting Your Vote
Alan Zendell, September 23, 2020 To date, the best example of mail-in ballot fraud the Trump campaign has come up with was nine ballots allegedly found in a waste basket in Pennsylvania in 2016. That’s nine out of more than … Continue reading
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Tagged California, china, COVID-19, Ellen Weintraub, federal elections commission, foreign interference, hacking, in-person voting, iran, John Kasich, mail delays, mail-in voting, North Korea, Ohio, Pennsylvania, postal service, russia, secure dropbox, Ukraine, voter fraud
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The Slow Death of Democracy – Part Three
Alan Zendell, June 15, 2020 The 2018 Congressional election sent a message to the Trump administration that two components of his base – well-educated independents and suburban white women – had had enough of his race-baiting and divisiveness. As 2020 … Continue reading
Leadership or Self-Interest?
Alan Zendell, May 15, 2020 In the 1967 film, A Guide For the Married Man, Robert Morse tells his friend Walter Matthau that if his wife ever catches him in a lie he should, “Deny, deny, deny.” In the following … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 eection, china, COVID-19, denial, ecomony, financial markets, Joe Biden, lockdown, mental illness, narcissism, RIck Bright, Trump, xi Jinping
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The Coronavirus War – Trump Against Everyone Else
Alan Zendell, March 27, 2020 The most remarkable aspect of the coronavirus crisis is President Trump’s refusal to accept the reality of the pandemic. We’ve seen his character and leadership flaws since the day he took office. We’ve shaken our … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Cuomo, Anthony Fauci, California, china, corona virus, COVID-19, Deborah Birx, Governors, Gretchen Whitmer, Hong Kong, hospital beds, Italy, jay inslee, Louisiana, medial equipment, Michigan, New York, pandemic, Seattle, South Korea, ventilators
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Crisis Management
Alan Zendell, March 14, 2020 In recent years, whenever our leaders debated foreign policy, borders, women’s rights, climate change mitigation, the nation cringed watching partisanship, special interest money, and individual self-interest derail attempts at reasonable resolution. We got angry, we … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 election, Anthony Fauci, china, COVID-19, disease prevention, fatality rate, financial markets, infection rate, Italy, japan, meidcal resources, pandemic, preparedness, Science, South Korea
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Leadership, Trump Style
Alan Zendell, March 12, 2020 Donald Trump’s leadership style has always been to bully people into getting what he wants. That often works in business when you’re bigger than your adversary and you can afford to outspend him in litigation. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Fauci, CDC, china, climate change, COVID-19, iran, jared kushner, North Korea, novel coronavirus, pandemic, re-election, South Korea, Stephen Miller, Trump, Wuhan
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