by Allan J. Feifer | Dec 21, 2024 | America Blog
Almost anywhere in the world I’ve been, there are three prevailing themes I hear over and over: Americans were known to be the most industrious and hard-working people they’d ever seen Wherever Americans went, they brought opportunity and change to those...
by Allan J. Feifer | Dec 17, 2024 | America Blog
Trump’s Wild Bunch returning to power signals not just a change in leadership but a focus on substance over style. Trump’s first term had a steep learning curve, and it showed. We could be forgiven if we use his first-term performance as a gauge to measure...
by Allan J. Feifer | Dec 10, 2024 | America Blog
Father may know best; however, our government seldom does! I could regale you all day with endless unmet promises by our government—trillions spent on anti-poverty programs that didn’t move the needle one inch. When the government screws up, you too rarely hear...
by Allan J. Feifer | Dec 3, 2024 | America Blog
In a competition, a leaderboard is: A board showing the ranking of leaders Next to watching paint dry, watching the ins and outs of government unfold is a close second. That’s precisely how the deep state likes it: deep, murky, and inscrutable. Of course,...
by Allan J. Feifer | Nov 26, 2024 | America Blog
The apartheid government of South Africa fell in 1995. The country faced an existential question: How to reconcile the two sides in such a way that blacks got the justice they believed they deserved without destroying the economic heart of the country that the whites...
by Allan J. Feifer | Nov 19, 2024 | America Blog
In the worst sneak attack we’d ever faced, Japan took us by surprise on December 7th, 1941. The nation’s mood then was universally anti-war, with the sentiment to stay out of Europe and not get involved in another foreign war. On that day, an unprepared...
by Allan J. Feifer | Nov 12, 2024 | America Blog
Donald Trump just won one of the most consequential elections of all time. What he does next will determine if he can fix the systemic issues that have dogged our country for the last fifty years. A hotwash is the immediate “after-action” discussions and...
by Allan J. Feifer | Nov 5, 2024 | America Blog
The average human lives about 76 years, down a bit from the past primarily due to stupid choices, like too many people taking illicit drugs, engaging in dangerous behaviors, or even being a gangbanger; in essence, Walking Around While Stupid (DWS) contributes mightily...
by Allan J. Feifer | Oct 29, 2024 | America Blog
The Greek Priestess Cassandra’s name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate a person whose accurate prophecies, generally of impending disaster, are not believed. Please take a moment to amalgamate all the potential disasters we face, either downplayed...
by Allan J. Feifer | Oct 22, 2024 | America Blog
Not even Fox can cover every evil scheme the other side undertakes. Government at all levels was never designed to be flexible, compassionate, or efficient. The futility of “Fighting City Hall” is widely understood, along with a similar line we all laugh...
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