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Tipping Points
Alan Zendell, April 5, 2023 History teaches that most things about our society are cyclic. Politically, things swing left or right every generation, the economy goes up and down, fashions and fads appear and disappear. Those in power continually seek … Continue reading
It’s Always Darkest Just Before Dawn
Alan Zendell, February 6, 2022 Apparently, people have been saying that for four hundred years. Whenever things look really bleak, when people are terrified or sad and feeling hopeless, that mantra helps them stay sane. The darker it gets the … Continue reading
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Tagged atlantic city, fake news, Fascism, germany, greed, Hungary, insurrection, justice, racism, Republican Party, supreme court, Trumpism, truth, Venezuela
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Sitting on the Sidelines
Alan Zendell, October 27, 2021 As a kid trying to absorb the sanitized fantasy that my public schools called American History, I wondered how the world continually got itself into situations in which there was suddenly no alternative to war … Continue reading
Saving Our Democracy
Alan Zendell, May 9, 2021 Sometimes, it’s necessary to get out of the weeds and adjust our perspective. Context is everything. That’s truer for the current struggle for control of the Republican Party than anything else happening in America. Suppressing … Continue reading
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Tagged economic recovery, Facebook, Fascism, isolationism, pandemic, populism, racism, Republican Party, Trump, Twitter, vaccinations, voter suppression, xenophobia
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Irreconcilable Differences
Alan Zendell, May 5, 2021 Marriages break up for various reasons, the most common of which is “irreconcilable differences.” That’s another way of saying that in the absence of flagrant adultery or spousal abuse, couples drift apart, and rather than … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, divorce, Donald Trump, election fraud, elitism, Facebook, gridlock, lies, Liz Cheney, loyal opposition, marriage, misogyny, racism, ronald reagan, The Big Lie, Twitter, two-party system, voting rights, war
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Culture War and Politics
Alan Zendell, April 3, 2021 Ever since Donald Trump hit the political scene in 2015 it’s been tempting to conclude that both our politics and our internal divisions over race and the distribution of wealth had hit a new low. … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Lives Matter, Brian Kemp, cancel culture, divisiveness, Donald Trump, hate crimes, Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, obstructionism, racism, Trumpism, voter suppression
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America’s Role in the World
Alan Zendell, November 3, 2020 I grew up in New York City in the years following World War 2. In many ways New York seemed to be the center of the universe back then, because it represented the financial and … Continue reading
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Tagged alliances, America First, American leadership, American values, china, democracy, europe, isolationism, Joe Biden, Marshall Plan, NATO, racism, russia, terrorism, trade wars, unity, voter suppression, World War 2
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