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Oligarchy

Alan Zendell, April 28, 2025 Oligarchy is a word that’s been thrown around a lot since there was so much attention paid to Russia and Ukraine. The dictionary definition is a government controlled by a small group of people or … Continue reading

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Special Elections in Florida and Wisconsin

Alan Zendell, April 1, 2025 In yesterday’s three special elections, we saw the predictions James Carville made a few weeks ago begin to bear fruit. Carville expected support for Trump’s policies among Republicans and Independents to rapidly tank, and that … Continue reading

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James Carville on Responding to Trump

Alan Zendell, February 27, 2025 As long ago as the Reagan administrations, Republicans have argued that tax cuts and deregulation of the private sector would ultimately bring prosperity for all Americans. The last forty-five years, however, have shown that the … Continue reading

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Prelude to a Year of Chaos

ALan Zendell, February 5, 2025 Sixteen days after his inauguration, Donald Trump has given us a roadmap for how he will govern. Nothing about it is surprising. Everything Trump has done was telegraphed well in advance. His friends even published … Continue reading

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Presidential Immunity

Alan Zendell, August 23, 2024 When Donald Trump took his claim of immunity to the Supreme Court, his intentions were clear. He was under indictment in two federal cases, for mishandling classified documents and inciting an insurrection; he was under … Continue reading

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Meltdown

Alan Zendell, August 1, 2024 Earth’s polar icecaps are melting. The best-known glacier in North America, the Athabasca, in Alberta’s Columbia Icefield, is only half of what it used to be. Standing on a pile of gravel, knowing that very … Continue reading

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Prosecutor Versus Felon

Alan Zendell, July 23, 2024 For all the hand-wringing and angst that preceded President Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2020 election, for all the times we’ve heard “woe-is-me” and “what-will-we-do now,” the Democrats and the country may have found … Continue reading

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Fighting Inevitability is a Losing Battle

Alan Zendell, July 21, 2024 One day, when my mother was 88, she drove down a gentle hill that terminated at a stop sign. I don’t know whether she saw the sign, but she hit the rear end of an … Continue reading

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The Court’s Presidential Immunity Decision Changes Everything

Alan Zendell, July 2, 2024 Before yesterday’s Supreme Court decision that presidents performing “official duties” are immune from criminal prosecution, the contrast between Joe Biden and Donald Trump was already starkly evident. Both men have been clear about their ideologies … Continue reading

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Dissonance

Alan Zendell, May 23, 2024 Dissonance can really mess up our heads. When everything sounds off, when every voice seems to contradict every other voice, even their own, when nothing seems to make sense, we’re all in trouble. Sometimes, this … Continue reading

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