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Accountability
Alan Zendell, January 8, 2021 After what has been done to it, the United States needs a complete accounting and reckoning if it is to recover its economic and social health and its standing in the world. There are a … Continue reading
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Tagged 25th amendment, Betsy Devos, Cabinet officers, criminal behavior, criminal neglect, Elaine Chao, hypocrisy, impeachment, Kellyanne Conway, lies, Lindsay Graham, Mark Meadows, Mike Pence, misinformation, Mitch McConnell, murder, reckless endangerment, Rudy Giuliani, Stephen Miller, treason
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The Loss of Objective Truth
Alan Zendell, November 20, 2020 If you’re old enough to have read 1984 in high school (well before 1984 actually arrived) you probably remember how chillingly reasonable it sounded. Writing in the years immediately after World War 2, George Orwell … Continue reading
This Must End!
Alan Zendell, September 27, 2020 Imagine for a moment that you’re a Canadian. Most Americans are vaguely aware of Canada as our neighbor to the north. Some can name most of the Canadian provinces, and some fraction of those can … Continue reading
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Tagged American values, canada, climate change, divisiveness, economy, election, electoral college, lies, mismangement, pandemic, racism, Trump
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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
The Slow Death of Democracy – Part One
Alan Zendell, June 10, 2020 There are many ways to know a thing. We start with facts to gain a cognitive understanding. We research context and solicit other people’s views to make sense of it. When possible, we observe it … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Congressional Republicans, constitution, COVID-19, deep state, fake news, Fascism, fox news, hitler, Iraq, lies, Mussolini, nativism, police, populism, price of freedom, revolution, scapegoats, The Big Lie, Trump, truth, Weimar Republic
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Trump’s Worst Offense
Alan Zendell, December 6, 2019 I started this blog shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration. I was disturbed by the 2016 election, and by Trump, personally. His behavior during the campaign was despicable, the worst I have ever witnessed in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Article 1, constitution, conviction, crimes, gridlock, impeachment, Joseph McCarthy, lies, misdemeanors, Nancy Pelosi, partisanship, ploarization, roy cohn, Senate
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The Tweet Fairy
Alan Zendell, May 10, 2019 Stop a hundred people at random and ask each of them which adjective pops into their heads when they hear the name Donald Trump. For those not wearing MAGA hats, words like insulting, immoral, unscrupulous, insensitive, … Continue reading
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Tagged baiting, boorishness, constitution, Donald Trump, insults, Joe Biden, lies, Nancy Pelosi, nicknames, political correctness, shameless behavior, the media
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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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