When People’s Actions Demonstrate Who They Are, Believe Them

We have met the enemy and he is us.

Marc E. Zimmerman | July 11, 2026

If someone wanted to explore the implications of long-buried events and current initiatives on the American political scene, a cursory review would reveal a catalog of disturbing strategies, tactics, and philosophies. And the outcome of that inquiry would likely generate an ominous conclusion: there is an enemy within.

That judgment would not solely be focused on the most recent carnival barkers who ushered in millions of unvetted non-citizens during Biden’s “come one, come all” un-border festival. It would also expose past acts of elected officials as well as contemporary left-wing political proposals.

Many of the left’s unspoken campaign strategies, with some variations, have been centered around an overarching concept: locate a disfavored (for whatever contemptible reasons) minority group whose denigration will titillate the ignorant masses, isolate the targeted, enlist fellow media travelers to act as a  collective bullhorn to amplify the distortions, and “tell a lie long enough and it becomes truth.”

During the past 150 years, we have seen many ethical and Constitutional principles turned completely on their heads by any number of politicians. Although the compelling theory behind our founding charter was to slow or halt adoption of the worst governing philosophies, we have repeatedly witnessed elected officials’ lust for power and dominance override and shove aside “greater good” concepts. In doing so, votes cast held a  mirror up to officials’ core beliefs, wisdom, and judgment… or the lack thereof.

Nonetheless, officeholders who have been motivated by societal, rather than personal, benefits have existed and some still do. Recall that President Theodore Roosevelt was a man who deliberated on the greater good and vigorously pursued it. He once said, “A man who is good enough to shed his blood........

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