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When Will the Madness End?

Alan Zendell, December, 16, 2025, It’s been easy, these last eleven months, to blame Donald Trump for all the hate and divisiveness that has torn our country apart, but we also need to open our eyes and look clearly at … Continue reading

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The 2026 Midterm  Elections

Alan Zendell, July 27, 2025 The United States of America is in serious trouble, far more than it was on December 8, 1941, when our Pacific fleet lay at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean; far more than after our … Continue reading

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Lies and Other Trumpisms

Alan Zendell, June 28, 2025 There’s an important part of Trump’s repertoire, whose central theme is creating chaos and then swooping onto the scene like a vulture, claiming to be a hero because he cleaned up the mess he created, … Continue reading

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On Bombing Iran

Alan Zendell, June 22, 2025 Bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities was something that had to be done – assuming our intelligence was correct, and that’s a pretty big IF. Faked (Gulf of Tonkin) or incorrect (Weapons of  Mass Destruction) intelligence involved … Continue reading

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A Profound Lack of Humility

Alan Zendell, April 20, 2025 Have you ever heard an American president say, “I was wrong?” Kennedy never said it after badly mishandling our relationship with Cuba and committing troops on the ground in Vietnam. Johnson came close, acknowledging that … Continue reading

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The Bushes are AWOL

Alan Zendell, October 15, 2024 Real Conservative Republicans, the ones Donald Trump, in a classic reverse projection, calls RINOs have been standing up in droves to denounce Trump and endorse Kamala Harris. I subscribe to former Arizona Republican Senator Barry … Continue reading

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Servant of the People

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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Trump’s Waning Influence

Alan Zendell, February 15, 2022 Remember the (Bill) Clinton years? They provide interesting perspectives for today. The politics of the nineties were nasty, culminating in the 2000 election in which George W. Bush’s victory over Al Gore was as much … Continue reading

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Today’s Republican Party

Alan Zendell, October 19, 2021 “We’re going after them!” That was what Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) told Stephen Colbert last night, referring to people who refuse to respond to subpoenas from the Special House Committee investigating the violent January 6th … Continue reading

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Integrity, Elections, and Trump’s Eroding Base

Alan Zendell, October 8, 2021 When lawmakers and statesmen still valued integrity, opposition politicians would often resign in protest when they believed their government was acting illegally or about to do something that would damage their country. It was a … Continue reading

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