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The 2026 Midterm  Elections

Posted on July 27, 2025 by alanpzendell

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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Fordo

Posted on June 17, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, June 17, 2025 It sounds like a character from a Tolkien novel, but it’s neither fantasy nor amusing. Over the next few days, it may be the fulcrum on which the future of the Middle East depends. Fordo … Continue reading →

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A Profound Lack of Humility

Posted on April 20, 2025 by alanpzendell

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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Columbia University, Antisemitism, and Free Speech

Posted on March 15, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, March 15, 2025 I began my undergraduate career at Columbia University as a naïve, seventeen-year-old Jewish kid from Brooklyn. In 1960, Columbia was an elite university, an Ivy League school ranked with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and the … Continue reading →

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Will Trump 2 Be Softer and Gentler Than Trump 1?

Posted on January 9, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, January 9, 2024 There has been much speculation about what a second Trump term would be like. His ardent MAGA supporters fervently believe in Project 2025, the extreme right-wing manifesto to transform America into a “Christian Democracy,” which … Continue reading →

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Will Mike Johnson Support America or Putin?

Posted on December 13, 2023 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 13, 2023 Most of us had never heard of Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) until he was suddenly voted in to replace Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. We quickly learned that he is an evangelistic Christian … Continue reading →

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When Americans Lose Confidence in Government

Posted on August 14, 2023 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, August 14, 2023 As we enter the most important and potentially catastrophic election season in my lifetime (which is likely considerably longer than yours) two questions stand out. Amid all the hype fostered by both broadcast and social … Continue reading →

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Political Re-alignment

Posted on May 19, 2023 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, May 19, 2023 Historians and observers of political science often tell us that the political landscape hasn’t always been as it is today, unless the subject is volatility and change. As the culture war that began with the … Continue reading →

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Kevin McCarthy is Engaged in a Fight He Can’t Win

Posted on April 20, 2023 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 20, 2023 I can’t recall a better case study for the aphorism, “Be careful what you wish for,” nor a better example of Former White House Counsel John Dean’s warning about succumbing to blind ambition. As leaders … Continue reading →

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Thank You To Our Civil Servants

Posted on August 8, 2021 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, August 8, 2021 Civil servants at all levels of government have often been the target of unwarranted attacks from the Right. Conservative Republicans (the real ones, not the Trump supporters) believe in small government, while politicians on the … Continue reading →

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