Tag Archives: Ukraine

Happy New Year, 2023??

Posted on January 1, 2023 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, January 1, 2023 After we experienced a whole winter’s worth of weather in December, after Ukraine, with massive assistance from NATO, held off an invasion by what everyone thought was a hugely superior Russian military, and after two … Continue reading →

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A Hero For Our Time

Posted on December 22, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 22, 2022 As an undergraduate required to study history and philosophy, I was struck by the writings of the early nineteenth century German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, specifically, the idea that has come to be known … Continue reading →

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Fusion and Fission

Posted on December 14, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 14, 2022 Last week’s watershed achievement by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in California could ultimately save our planet. It was a major step forward in the search for the holy grail of physics: unlimited, cheap, … Continue reading →

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Near Misses

Posted on November 17, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, November 17, 2022 We’ve all experienced situations that might have resulted in tragedy or disaster but didn’t. Whether we reacted by thanking God or just feeling lucky, we came away shaken, reminded how fragile life and everything we … Continue reading →

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The Midterm Elections

Posted on October 27, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, October 27, 2022 The much-anticipated 2022 midterm elections are only twelve days away. It feels surreal. It’s almost as if we never completed the last election cycle. A frightening number of Americans still believe the lie that the … Continue reading →

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The Reality of a Nuclear World Order

Posted on October 10, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, October 10, 2022 The week after next is Cuban Missile Crisis Week. It will mark sixty years during which the world managed to avoid self-destruction with nuclear weapons. I have vivid memories of the final day of the … Continue reading →

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The Challenges We Face

Posted on September 30, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, September 30, 2022 The phrase, “When it rains, it pours,” is usually a reference to problems piling on top of each other. Not to strain the metaphor too much, depending on what those problems are, they can lead … Continue reading →

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Autocrats, Real and Imagined

Posted on September 22, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, September 22, 2022 The two immediate crises faced by everyone on Earth stem from the same source – the trend toward autocrats and the cults that support them. Our future may hinge on the actions of two men, … Continue reading →

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Wind Farms

Posted on September 15, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, September 15, 2022 Of all the issues critical to our future that have been taken hostage by political extremists, climate change may be the most serious, depending on whether you believe the long-term health of our planet or … Continue reading →

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Positive Signs

Posted on September 13, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, September 13, 2022 As 2022 began, everything seemed to be trending in the wrong direction. Congress was hopelessly deadlocked. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had re-aligned himself with Donald Trump, tying his future to the former president’s. Democrats … Continue reading →

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