Tag Archives: ronald reagan

Ode to Joy

Posted on August 19, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, August 19, 2024 Today might have been very different if President Joe Biden hadn’t had the class and dignity to step aside. Four weeks ago, the 2024 election was shaping up to look like the 1980 election. Back … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Why Kamala Harris Will Defeat Trump

Posted on July 27, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, July 27, 2024 Despite knowing that you can’t believe a word Donald Trump says, it’s relatively easy to tell when he’s desperate, and Kamala Harris’ meteoric rise in just one week has made him so. How do we … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Trump’s Flirtation with God

Posted on July 16, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, July 16, 2024 Apparently, the theme of the Republican Convention and for now, the Trump campaign, is that Donald Trump was chosen by God to save America. That sudden switch in tactics may have been entirely a result … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Trump’s Shadow Government

Posted on April 4, 2024 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 4, 2024 A source I trust and frequently troll for ideas is historian Heather Richardson’s Letters From an American. She thoroughly researches and fact checks everything she writes and discusses current events in a historical context. Yesterday’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Real Republicans

Posted on November 28, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, November 28, 2022 Donald Trump refers to them as RINOs, Republicans in Name Only. I call them the Real Republicans who still believe in the Conservative principles laid out by former Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater and his contemporary … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Gangsters, Politicians, and Presidents

Posted on November 18, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, November 18, 2022 When Jimmy Carter was president, inflation was much worse than it’s been in 2022. From 1978 to 1980, there were only five months in which inflation was below 10%, and during the 1980 presidential campaign … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Warning About the Midterm Elections From the UK

Posted on October 20, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, October 20, 2022 Analogies can be misleading, and there are more differences than similarities in the political crises facing the United Kingdom and the United States, but there’s a warning for Americans in the shockingly rapid demise of … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Greatest Threat to America

Posted on August 18, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, August 18, 2022 Former president Donald Trump’s son, Eric, is routinely mocked by stand-up comedians as being dimwitted. I have no idea why, but it’s one more testament to the media’s ability to influence the opinions of Americans … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Ray of Hope?

Posted on April 25, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 25, 2022 The second world war ended with the nuclear destruction of two Japanese industrial cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Nazis had been forced to abandon their atomic weapons development program during the war, and Russia’s program … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment