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A Kinder, Gentler, Saner America
Alan Zendell, January 23, 2021 I’m not a historian, but I’ll bet there has never been a sharper contrast in presidential administrations in our history. Joe Biden has been president for only three days, and we already know exactly what … Continue reading
Our Uneducated Secretary of Education
Alan Zendell, July 12, 2020 We learned two things about Secretary of Education Betsy Devos today, when she was interviewed at length by Dana Bash of CNN. One is the reason she and Ben Carson, who knows as little about … Continue reading
The Great 2020 Dilemma
Alan Zendell, March 18, 2019 The dilemma is simple to explain, but don’t let that fool you. It’s extremely serious. Probably as serious as anything we’ve ever faced. The problem, of course, is Donald Trump. The dilemma is how to … Continue reading
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Tagged Boeing, Chuck Schumer, deficit, Democrats, DNC, electability, election, floods, Joe Biden, John McCain, medicare, Nancy Pelosi, North Korea, Russian missiles, social media, social security, socialism, tax law, Thom Perez, trade war, Trump, Twitter, uninformed electorate, Venezuela, white supremacists
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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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Intransigence
Alan Zendell, January 10, 2019 In most people, intransigence is a symptom of ignorance and/or insecurity. When we’re stuck trying to defend a point of view we know little or nothing about, or we feel unable to support a position … Continue reading
Season 116, Episode 1
Alan Zendell, January 4, 2019 You might think from what I’ve said or written, that I’m one of those Democrats who Senator Orrin Hatch (R, Utah) ramblingly described as hating Trump so much I would do anything to defeat him, … Continue reading
A Slow-Motion Trainwreck
Alan Zendell, December 21, 2018 Events have been so dynamic, so confusing, with everything seeming to change by the hour, I must have missed it. Apparently, the president’s cabinet and national security advisers have all been replaced by three television … Continue reading
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Tagged ann coulter, border wall, Chuck Schumer, federal deficit, government shutdown, James Mattis, Kurds, Mitch McConnell, music, rush limbaugh, Science, Sean Hannity, Stephen Miller, stock markets, supreme court, Syria, tantrums, trade wars, Trump, vladimir Putin, xi Jinping
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Monday Review: Gerrymandering, Russia, and Health Care
Alan Zendell, June 19, 2017 Gerrymandering Two weeks ago, I wrote that the Supreme Court would be addressing gerrymandering in its current session https://wordpress.com/post/americathebeautiful.blog/801. They are now poised to take up a Wisconsin case in which the lines drawn by … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018 election, AHCA, Chuck Schumer, collusion, efficiency gap, gerrymandering, health care, Mitch McConnel, Putin, redistricting, russia, secrecy, Senate, supreme court, Syria, transparency, Trump, wisconsin, world war 3
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