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Biden vs Putin
Alan Zendell, February 22, 2022 Remember the testimony during the Senate trial of Trump’s first impeachment? If you watched much of it, you were impressed with Fiona Hill, who served as Trump’s chief Russia expert, which is not to say … Continue reading
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Tagged Brookings, cuban missile crisis, diplomacy, energy prices, EU, Fiona Hill, France, germany, Kennedy administration, NATO, Nikita Khrushchev, Nord Stream, Trump's impeachment, UK, Ukraine, vladimir Putin
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It’s Always Darkest Just Before Dawn
Alan Zendell, February 6, 2022 Apparently, people have been saying that for four hundred years. Whenever things look really bleak, when people are terrified or sad and feeling hopeless, that mantra helps them stay sane. The darker it gets the … Continue reading
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Tagged atlantic city, fake news, Fascism, germany, greed, Hungary, insurrection, justice, racism, Republican Party, supreme court, Trumpism, truth, Venezuela
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Pre-Holiday Jitters
Alan Zendell, December 20, 2021 Christmas is five days away, the beginning of 2022 only twelve. It’s normally a joyous time for most people, but the news today is shockingly depressing. I scanned the CNN website this morning as I … Continue reading
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Tagged antivax movement, autocracy, Chuck Grassley, civil war, COVID, Denmark, France, germany, health workers, hospitalization, insurrection, Joe Manchin, negative news, news media bias, Norway, Omicron, supreme court, sweden, UK, voting rights
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Our Flawed Democracy is Hurting Our Diplomacy
Alan Zendell, September 21, 2021 In June, President Biden traveled to the U. K. to engage with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and attend his first G7 meeting. From there, he went to Belgium, where he attended the Brussels 2021 Summit. … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Angela Merkel, Australia, Boris Johnson, ecep Erdogan, EU summit, France, G7, germany, japan, Jens Stoltenberg, moon jae-in, NATO, Scott Morrison, Shinto Abe, South Korea, Trmp's treasonous acts, turkey, UK, UN, vladimir Putin
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The Slow Death of Democracy – Part Two
Alan Zendell, June 12, 2020 No analogy is perfect. Brokerage firms warn us that past performance is not a guarantee of future success. Similarly, while the rise to power of Adolf Hitler has much in common with Donald Trump’s, America … Continue reading
Trump’s Booming Economy
Alan Zendell, February 2, 2018 The President has recently been touting the booming economy, and of course taking full credit for it. Trump points to the roaring stock market and the low unemployment rates as evidence. But is he right? … Continue reading
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Tagged 1987 market crash, banks, economics, equities, FBI, germany, investments, Justice Department, lagging indicator, Obama, policy, robert mueller, S&P 500, stock market, UK, unemployment
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Jerusalem
Alan Zendell, December 6, 2017 There’s a cliché in competitive sports like gymnastics and swimming that you never want to go first because the judges won’t award a perfect score to anyone until they’ve seen all the favorites perform. The … Continue reading
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Tagged capital city, europe, germany, iran, israel, middile east, netanyahu, palestine, peace process, saudi arabia, sweden, turkey
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America the Beautiful 