Tag Archives: politics

Gangsters, Dictators, and Presidents.

Posted on March 16, 2025 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, March 16, 2025 When Jimmy Carter was president, things didn’t go very well. The cost of Vietnam and the sharp increase in energy prices left over from the Arab Oil Embargo had led to record high inflation and … Continue reading →

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Assassination

Posted on September 16, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, September 16, 2024 When Catelyn Stark and her entire entourage of lackeys and bodyguards had their throats cut during a state dinner, it was a thing of beauty, artistically. It was a perfect coup executed precisely, and it … Continue reading →

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Extremism : Centrism ~ Trump : Biden

Posted on February 3, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, February 3, 2024 For most of our history, government represented the varying viewpoints and attitudes of our people reasonably well. Congress, until the last few decades consisted of a broad spectrum of Conservatives, Progressives, and Centrists. There have … Continue reading →

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Intraparty Warfare

Posted on January 4, 2023 by alanpzendell

Alan Znedell, January 4, 2023 Politics is cyclic. The pendulum of power swings between parties every twenty years or so. Political parties adopt sacred, non-negotiable ideologies, only to reverse themselves as their self-interests change, and parties appear unified or in … Continue reading →

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Distinguishing Good From Evil

Posted on October 5, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, October 5, 2022 It’s often said that, like sausage making, the more you scrutinize politics and diplomacy, the worse they look and smell. A main reason I object to mixing religious and secular education is that religion plants … Continue reading →

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America’s Favorite Pastime

Posted on July 17, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, July 17. 2022 That’s what baseball used to be called. Growing up ten blocks from Ebbets Field, I was a diehard Dodger fan until I was fourteen. That was in 1957, when the Dodgers broke the hearts of … Continue reading →

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Saving Our Future

Posted on June 30, 2021 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, June 30, 2021 If it wasn’t obvious before last week, it should be now. Our country and the planet of which it is a small part are in trouble. The problem is more serious than petty politics, huge … Continue reading →

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The Importance of the Senate Impeachment Vote

Posted on January 26, 2021 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, January 26, 2021 In two weeks, the U. S. Senate will conduct the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. Americans are so weary of the political divide, of all the infighting and lying and misrepresentations, not to mention … Continue reading →

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Three Invasions

Posted on December 10, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 10, 2020 Three times in its history, the United States has been the victim of unprovoked attacks on its Homeland that killed and injured thousands of Americans. The first was the Day of Infamy at Pearl Harbor, … Continue reading →

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Inciting Violence

Posted on May 27, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, May 27, 2020 Brutus said it to Julius Caesar, John Wilkes Booth screamed it at Abraham Lincoln when he shot him, and Virginia adopted it as its state motto after King George’s army surrendered at Yorktown. And on … Continue reading →

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