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J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
August 29, 2025
Turns out, President Trump is letting retribution be his retribution. The candidate who promised that success would be his best revenge upon his torme...
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Same as it ever was
Articles, Commentary, Nation World
J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
June 3, 2025
In their upside down, Alice-in-Wonderland version of reality, the left has a point when they cast George Orwell as a prophet of our times. Our world i...
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Trump versus the meteor
Commentary, New York
J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
April 18, 2025
"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." The quote attributed to Joseph Stalin has become the modus operandi for attacks on Pre...
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The Democrats’ path out of the wilderness
Commentary, Nation World
J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
March 20, 2025
Even in their darkest nights, politicians trust that their steady savior will once more ride to their rescue — their fiercest opponents. That’s why De...
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And you thought YOUR job was important
Commentary, Nation World
J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
February 28, 2025
I confess: I’ve always had back-handed respect for public sector workers. It seemed to me they had figured out how to earn decent money with great ben...
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Putting an end to Trump Derangement Syndrome
Commentary, Nation World
J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
January 21, 2025
My name is Peder and I suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome. My case is not full-blown — I don’t contend that the incoming president is a fascist be...
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Democrats need their own Donald Trump
Commentary, Nation World
J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
November 22, 2024
There may be five stages of grief, but there’s usually just one when it comes to political defeat — pretend to soul-search, then carry on as if nothin...
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America in the Age of Nero
Commentary, Nation World
J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
October 9, 2024
Americans are like members of a quarrelsome family, so intent on arguing their petty grievances around the kitchen table that they don’t smell the ris...
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Kamala Harris’ impossible challenge
Commentary, Nation World
J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
September 27, 2024
Kamala Harris is roundly criticized for feeding America a steady diet of word salads. But what else can she do, given her impossible task of making th...
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