Tag Archives: lies

Climate Change is NOT a Hoax

Posted on May 31, 2017 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, May 31, 2017 The problem with stirring up a huge, angry and largely uninformed base with political rhetoric and lies is that you have to keep lying to avoid losing them. Oh, they’ll catch on eventually when it’s … Continue reading →

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Doublethink

Posted on April 28, 2017 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 28, 2017 “Doublethink” is a word coined by George Orwell in 1984. It’s similar to the word “doublespeak,” but there are important differences. “Doublethink” means holding two contradictory beliefs simultaneously and accepting both as true (http://www.orwelltoday.com/doublethink.shtml). “Doublespeak” … Continue reading →

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Words Matter

Posted on April 13, 2017 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 13, 2017 Words matter, they really do. Sometimes they matter more than actions. Last year’s political campaign proved that with sixteen months of populist, nationalistic bombast from one side and a peculiar directionless rhetoric from the other … Continue reading →

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Russia

Posted on April 12, 2017 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 11, 2017 Stephen F. Cohen is a Professor Emeritus in Russian Studies from Princeton and New York Universities. Over the last few months he’s often been interviewed on cable and network news programs concerning the charges that … Continue reading →

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The Truth About Health Care

Posted on March 8, 2017 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, March 8, 2017 Most of what you read in the media about health care in the United States is exaggerated, spun for political reasons, or outright lies. Health care is a very complex issue until you strip away … Continue reading →

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Early Warning Signs

Posted on March 6, 2017 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, March 6, 2017 Most of us have been conditioned since childhood to recognize warning signs and heed them before the trouble they portend hits us in the face. Most Americans are optimistic by nature. It’s one of our … Continue reading →

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Is it Fair to Compare Trump’s Rise to Power with Hitler’s?

Posted on February 24, 2017 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, February 23, 2017 Google “Hitler and Trump”, and you’ll be shocked at the number of websites that come up.  They by no means agree with each other, but it’s significant that so many diverse people thought to make … Continue reading →

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What Would Lincoln Do?

Posted on February 12, 2017 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, February 12. 2017 Today is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Perhaps in some alternate universe, he’s still there. Silly? Sure, but it makes me wonder what a man of his intellect and temperament might think and do today, with the … Continue reading →

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