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Three Invasions
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
Inciting Violence
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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Tagged Andrew Cuomo, Andy Beshear, compassion, corona virus, divisiveness, effigy, humility, Kentucky, leadership, lockdown, Memorial Day, politics, social distancing
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Mitch McConnell, Master of Partisanship
Alan Zendell, April 23, 2020 Oscar Wilde said that Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life. Judging by our country’s response to the COVID-19 virus, he was wrong. Consider the way Hollywood has treated pandemics. There have been at least … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Cuomo, bailouts, bankruptcy, COVID-19, federal aid, Kentucky, Nancy Pelosi, New York, pensions, politics, public employees, Science, state budgets, teachers
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Happy Days are (Almost) Here Again
Alan Zendell, November 6, 2019 Embedded deeply in my philosophy is the belief that baseball is an excellent metaphor for life. When the Washington Nationals completed their unlikely fight to win the World Series two weeks ago, their radio voice, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Klobuchar, Andy Beshear, Apollo 11, baseball, Cuba, elections, elizabeth warren, Joe Biden, John F Kennedy, Kentucky, Matt Bevin, Mississippi, Nikita Khrushchev, politics, Ryan Zimmerman, Trump, Virginia, Washington Nationals
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Missteps And Misstatements
Alan Zendell, July 19, 2018 I’ve been spoiled most of my life. I’ve had wonderful role models as my heroes, and with the exception of Harry Truman and Winston Churchill, none of them were politicians. They were my teachers, those … Continue reading
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Tagged article 5, articulate speech, congress, europe, Helsinki, integrity, lies, NATO, politics, Putin, Republicans, resolutions, russia, Trump, trump's base
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Stability
Alan Zendell, May 10, 2018 We know from physics that there are several ways to achieve stability in physical systems, and that principle translates well into the world of politics and human affairs. One way to achieve stability is for … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon emissions, competition, economic dominance, economics, empires, equilibrium, iran, isolationism, military superiority, North Korea, open borders, physics, politics, trade
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Racism and Other Distractions
Alan Zendell, January 15, 2018 Donald Trump is not a racist. In fact, the term racist is an oversimplification that simply doesn’t apply to someone like him. The things that drive him have little or no relation to what most … Continue reading
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Tagged alabama, alt-right, anti-semitism, election day, hitler, ignornace, Jeff Flake, josef stalin, mcCarthyism, neo Nazis, november, pandering, politics, racism, roy cohn
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