Tag Archives: nuclear weapons

Happy New Year, 2023??

Posted on January 1, 2023 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, January 1, 2023 After we experienced a whole winter’s worth of weather in December, after Ukraine, with massive assistance from NATO, held off an invasion by what everyone thought was a hugely superior Russian military, and after two … Continue reading →

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The Challenges We Face

Posted on September 30, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, September 30, 2022 The phrase, “When it rains, it pours,” is usually a reference to problems piling on top of each other. Not to strain the metaphor too much, depending on what those problems are, they can lead … Continue reading →

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Autocrats, Real and Imagined

Posted on September 22, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, September 22, 2022 The two immediate crises faced by everyone on Earth stem from the same source – the trend toward autocrats and the cults that support them. Our future may hinge on the actions of two men, … Continue reading →

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The Double-edged Sword of Technology

Posted on August 23, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, August 23, 2022 Ask any computer or IT specialist about technology, and you’ll hear a litany of all the ways our twenty-first century world couldn’t function without it. Everything from cars, planes, electronics, televisions – even modern refrigerators … Continue reading →

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Politics

Posted on July 16, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, July 16, 2022 It’s often been said of how diplomacy works that the only thing worse is having none at all; in that event, all international disputes could erupt into armed conflicts. Every nation, including the United States … Continue reading →

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The New Reality of Confronting Russia

Posted on April 29, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 29, 2022, Today, CNN journalist Stephen Collinson published a compelling analysis of the current status of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It boiled down to two essential conclusions. One is that the fighting between Russian invaders and … Continue reading →

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Playing Chicken

Posted on April 20, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 20, 2022, Remember the crazy things we did as teenagers and some still do as adults? How many times have you driven on a two-lane road behind a vehicle going well below the speed limit until you … Continue reading →

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Madman Diplomacy

Posted on March 4, 2019 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, March 4, 2019 Donald Trump, who never met a boast he couldn’t embrace, recently declared that it was his feigned irrationality that forced Kim Jong Un to negotiate. That was before the second summit between the two men … Continue reading →

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Facebook

Posted on March 23, 2018 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, March 23, 2018 When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was interviewed on CNN a couple of days ago he said he was sorry – kind of. If you’ve ever had a disagreement with a loved one, you know there’s … Continue reading →

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War Drums

Posted on October 8, 2017 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, October 8, 2017 Back in the 1960s, Donald Trump and I were among millions of young American men who did everything possible to avoid being drafted and sent to Vietnam. At least according to interviews published decades later, … Continue reading →

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