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No One Predicted This

Posted on November 8, 2023 by alanpzendell

November 8, 2023 This week’s election should be a wake-up call for everyone who thinks polls are valid predictors. The best we can hope for from polls, especially a full year before a presidential election, is a sense of the … Continue reading →

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Biden’s Stalled Legislative Agenda

Posted on November 3, 2021 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, November 3, 2021 Getting bills passed with a nearly evenly split Congress and the opposition party determined to prevent any of the president’s agenda from becoming law is a difficult, slow process. That’s no one’s fault. It’s just … Continue reading →

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Time to Stop the Bleeding

Posted on April 19, 2021 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 19, 2021 There’s been a rash of deaths associated with gun violence this year. Idivide them into categories: Individual/domestic incidents, mass shootings, andpolice-involved shootings. Our attention is sharply focused when something in thesecond or third category occurs, … Continue reading →

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Inciting Insurrection

Posted on April 19, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 19, 2020 In a well-ordered universe, a U. S. President inciting insurrection would be grounds for removal under the twenty-fifth amendment. Anyone else who posted those tweets would be guilty of both federal and state felonies. The … Continue reading →

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A Horrifying Scene

Posted on February 3, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, February 3, 2020 Many Americans who saw these photographs shook their heads decrying the way third world countries operate, relieved that scenes like this never happen here. The pictures must have been taken in one of those shithole … Continue reading →

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Happy Days are (Almost) Here Again

Posted on November 6, 2019 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, November 6, 2019 Embedded deeply in my philosophy is the belief that baseball is an excellent metaphor for life. When the Washington Nationals completed their unlikely fight to win the World Series two weeks ago, their radio voice, … Continue reading →

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