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We’d Seen This Movie Before – Until Biden Changed It
Alan Zendell, August 8, 2019 On Monday, we heard our president mouth the empty platitudes and lies we expected from him. What does it say about a leader that he can’t utter comforting words or state truthful intentions without reading … Continue reading
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Tagged congress, Dayton, El Paso, Gerald Ford, guns, hate, Hispanics, immigration, Iowa, Mitch McConnell, nackground checks, nan whaley, NRA, sherrod brown, terrorism, Trump, trump's base, Wayne LaPierre, white nationalism
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Founders’ Wisdom
Alan Zendell, May 21, 2019 It’s fashionable, these days, to focus on what the Founders got wrong, and there’s plenty of fodder to feed that trend. Writing nearly two-and-a-half centuries ago, they couldn’t possibly have gotten everything right. The most … Continue reading
Emergency!
Alan Zendell, February 16, 2019 The nation is faced with two emergencies this week. Neither of them is the trumped up entirely specious non-emergency at our border with Mexico. The State of Emergency declared by President Trump is nothing more … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Andrew Cuomo, ann coulter, Bill de Blasio, border wall, caravans, congress, criminals, Democrats, divisiveness, drug dealers, elizabeth warren, illegal immigrants, jobs, landowners, mexico, New York City, ocasio-cortez, ranchers, smugglers, Trump
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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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The End is Near
Alan Zendell, December 11, 2018 As 2018 lurches to a close and the news media binge over indictments and irrational tweets, each with its own spin added, it’s important to not be swept up in their hysteria. Try to screen … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020 election, Adam SChiff, Apollo Creed, congress, crimes and misdemeanors, Democrats, divisiveness, hate, impeachment, James Comey, Jerry Nadler, Mitch McConnell, Nixon, Rocky Balboa, Trump
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Deadly Carousel
Alan Zendell, November 9, 2018 The Sandy Hook massacre occurred almost six years ago. In case you’ve erased it from your memory, twenty-seven people, mostly young children, were gunned down by a heavily armed, mentally unstable young man because he … Continue reading
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Tagged assault weapons, congress, Democrats, funding, guns, Las Vegas, mass shootings, mental health, NRA, PTSD, Sandy Hook, the president, Thousand Oaks, Trump, veterans
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