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Can Baseball Save Our Sanity?

Posted on July 23, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, July 23, 2020 In today’s Washington Post, sports columnist Thomas Boswell wrote, “If MLB stays virus-lucky, the World Series may end a week before the election — and my head may not explode listening to two parties fight for … Continue reading →

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Our Uneducated Secretary of Education

Posted on July 12, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, July 12, 2020 We learned two things about Secretary of Education Betsy Devos today, when she was interviewed at length by Dana Bash of CNN. One is the reason she and Ben Carson, who knows as little about … Continue reading →

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Mitch McConnell, Master of Partisanship

Posted on April 23, 2020 by alanpzendell

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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Disingenuousness and Hypocrisy

Posted on May 25, 2018 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, May 25, 2018 “Our presidency has been debased,” was the startling message delivered to the graduating class of Harvard Law School yesterday by Conservative Arizona Senator Jeff Flake. Upon taking office Donald Trump, like every other president, embraced … Continue reading →

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Koch Money + Trumpism = Kentucky

Posted on April 15, 2018 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 15, 2018 In the last few years, two trends in Republican politics which on one hand seem nearly contradictory, now seem to be coming together in Kentucky. It’s a union made in Hell, and if it’s allowed … Continue reading →

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Guns In Schools

Posted on February 26, 2018 by alanpzendell

February 26, 2018 When Governor Jay Inslee of Washington responded to President Trump’s proposal to arm teachers in our public schools at the National Governors’ Conference, it didn’t take a mind reader or a psychologist to read the president’s body … Continue reading →

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