Tuesday, October 7, 2025

The DPZ…the Gray area…is SHRINKING

The DeMilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North Korea and South Korea is 2.5 miles wide, located on the 38th parallel, and one of the most heavily fortified borders in the world.  It was established in July of 1953 by an armistice agreement that laid the groundwork for a ceasefire between the warring parties.  Oddly, there has never been a formal peace treaty signed.  President Truman had to whoa down General MacArthur, who was well on his way up through North Korea with every intention of moving on to China.  Who knows what the world would look like today had MacArthur been turned loose to “finish the job”? Imagine if you will that this 2.5 mile buffer was suddenly reduced to 1 mile…with tens of thousands of soldiers and millions of dollars worth of military hardware facing off across a barren stretch of land.  Do you think it might raise the tension level?

 

In many ways, America is now dealing with its own type of separation zone; let’s call it the DPZ…the DePoliticized Zone.  It is that space that lies between the Republican Party on the right and the Democrat Party on the left.  I am going to put forth some numbers, but they are my numbers and cannot be supported by hard data…it is simply my opinion and fodder for discussion.  You can think for yourself and decide if there is reason in it.  For the first couple of decades in the 21st century, this DPZ represented about 20 percent of our voters.  On either side of the DPZ, you could find 40 percent of the electorate faithful to one or the other national parties.  The 20 percent in the middle represented those who might break either way and typically decided the elections.  I believe that in America today, the DPZ has shrunk down to about 10 percent of the electorate with 45 percent on either side.  Not only are voters more polarized…they are also more energized.

 

These are the people who do not blindly follow a national party mantra.  They may break either way, right or left, depending on various reasons and have proven nearly impossible for the pundits to accurately read.  Mixed in this bunch will be serious people who study and think about their choices, smart people who make snap decisions, busy people who look for the path of least resistance or the lesser of the evils, and lazy people who flip coins.  When considering the DPZ, we should consider three factors: size, composition, and nature. 

 

As I mentioned, I believe that the size of the DPZ has shrunken down to a much smaller portion of the entire voting bloc…nearly halving itself over the last 25 years or so.  That means that as a percentage, fewer people are determining the outcomes of national elections.  The composition of the DPZ has likely not changed much over the last several years.  It is made up of Independent voters, Libertarian voters, moderate voters of both national parties, and a smattering of voters faithful to statistically-insignificant organizations of like-minded people.  The nature of these folks in the middle tends to be more of a skeptical approach to candidate selection, with that approach sometimes being rational and sometimes being irrational. 

 

Many of the talking-head political pundits that have graced our media in the past…and the present…like to note that when elections are close, they tend to break overwhelming towards one party or the other.  This would seem reasonable when you consider the relatively small percent of all voters this group represents and the fact that politics is typically not black and white, but gray in nature. But if in fact the DPZ has essentially halved its size since the year 2000…that would mean that more people are blindly loyal to their own party.  The gray area is smaller and perhaps more skeptical than ever…while the national party percentages on either side have grown in number and become much more partisan…and less selective.

 

If we make the leap to accepting this premise, then one thing becomes obvious…what had once been 2.5 miles separating our warring political parties from each other has now been whittled down about 1 mile.  If this is true, then we might very well be approaching a cataclysmic reckoning in the foreseeable future.  Given the partisan venom that exists in today’s political climate, combined with the global uncertainties of trade/wars/immigration/nation building/etc., and adding in the radical progressive elements that have seized control of the Democrat Party…one has to wonder how far away are we from a significant collision. 

 

When the DPZ shrinks to the point where it can no longer offer an effective buffer between the extremities of either party, then conflict is bound to occur.  And if our moderating influences are to be found in that part of the electorate that is diminishing in size and influence, then the intensity of that inevitable conflict is going to ratchet upward.  Is the violence through actions and words that we are witnessing today in our country a preview of that coming storm?  Will the hatred and blind devotion to dogmatic ideals that have eroded the middle push the two opposing sides headlong into a battle that is simply out of control upon its arrival?  We as a nation are headed in a bad direction and everyone should hope and pray that somehow…some way…the diminishment of the DPZ can be reversed.

 

Our education system in America…urban/rural/national/local…is corrupted by malevolent, power hungry egotists and misguided social warriors.  These destructive forces have been called out, but they continue to operate freely within their spheres of influence and persuasion.  They must be eliminated so that the education of our children might return to something resembling common sense, moral/ethical purpose, and fundamental preparation for solid citizenship.

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/we-cant-give-up-on-our-colleges/

 

https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/illiteracy-is-a-policy-choice

 

https://jamesgmartin.center/2025/10/alabama-fights-for-freedom/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/how-virginia-tech-initially-tried-to-skirt-trumps-dei-crackdown/

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2025/09/28/des-moines-school-superintendent-arrested-by-ice-as-many-call-for-his-release/#more-236332

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-fools/the-chicago-teachers-union-is-exactly-who-you-thought-they-were/

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2025/10/02/nyu-law-school-cancels-conservative-speaker-on-anniversary-of-hamas-massacre/

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2025/10/05/freedom-shirts-reportedly-banned-in-kansas-elementary-public-school/

 

https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5375575-randi-weingarten-dnc-resignation/

 

As mentioned in the opening paragraphs of this piece, radical progressive elements have seized significant levels of power and leadership in the Democrat Party.  As that Party struggles to find its own identity and mitigate this corrosive influence, those people and organizations are continuing to run wide open in their quest to reinvent the United States of America into a place more suitable to their non-constitutional ideals.  The ONLY way to effectively combat these forces is at the ballot box.  Elections matter.

 

What it looks like: https://amgreatness.com/2025/09/25/the-crudity-of-the-obsessive-compulsive-left/

 

How it thinks: https://www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-fools/jay-joness-texts-are-a-frightening-peek-into-a-bleak-moral-worldview/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/07/new-tactics-but-climate-crusaders-running-out-of-options/

 

How it maintains power and influence: https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/new-law-firm-donation-data-from-professor-derek-muller-is-wake-up-call-to-corporate-america/

 

What it advocates: https://jonathanturley.org/2025/09/29/let-your-rage-fuel-you-politicians-and-pundits-embrace-rage-politics/

 

Who it chooses to honor: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/09/chirping-for-chesimard.php

 

What it does with governmental control: https://reason.com/2025/10/03/economic-freedom-begins-recovery-from-covid-era-government-meddling/

 

How it administers justice: https://jonathanturley.org/2025/09/27/new-york-strip-bragg-drops-charges-against-woman-who-attacked-pro-life-advocate/#more-236292

 

https://nypost.com/2025/10/03/us-news/brett-kavanaughs-would-be-assassin-gets-just-over-8-years-in-prison/

 

The mainstream media has been a liberal, Democrat Party lapdog for decades now.  That tide is beginning to turn as the sheet gets pulled back, thus exposing their bias and unethical operations.  This nation will be a better place if our Fourth Estate can be restored to a position of respect, integrity, and trust.

 

The way it has been: https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/01/ten-years-of-censorship-that-was-censored/

 

https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/06/media-downplay-jay-jones-assassination-fantasies-because-they-agree-with-him/

 

The way it is changing: https://nypost.com/2025/10/02/media/paramount-skydance-to-name-bari-weiss-editor-in-chief-of-cbs-news-sources/

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/10/freakout-at-cbs-news-2.php

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/10/the-new-regime-at-cbs-news.php

 

If I were Donald Trump and had experienced the sabotage and calculated treachery that he has dealt with, I would no doubt have blood in my eye and a healthy appetite for getting even.  I would want every scoundrel that ever cheated me, lied about me, conspired against me, or sabotaged my efforts to pay for their actions.  That being said, it is my hope that President Trump will be satisfied with exposing these despicable people and their malfeasance to the public.  It is a waste of his time to vengefully pursue his political enemies to the grave.  His time in the White House is limited and there is so much to do that is far more important than spite and malice.

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-weekend-jolt/lawfare-forever/

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2025/09/30/the-curious-tale-of-columbia-professor-daniel-richman/#more-236440

 

https://reason.com/2025/09/29/in-trumps-tussle-with-james-comey-you-should-hope-everybody-loses/

 

Like his boss, our Secretary of Defense often does things in a brash and arrogant fashion, thus taking some luster off of the message itself.  To his credit…his message is correct, his mission is honorable, his plan responsible, and he is exhibiting personal courage in its pursuit. We can only hope that his actions match his rhetoric.

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/10/the-military-will-be-stronger-for-pete-hegseths-commonsense-changes/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/04/victory-at-sea-the-importance-of-maritime-power-against-the-prc/

 

Innovations and advancements in high technology have taken us headlong into a new frontier.  As Captain Kirk said…Where no man has gone before.  It is a double-edged sword that is best reflected in Uncle Ben’s advice to Spider-Man…With great power comes great responsibility.

 

https://reason.com/2025/10/03/apple-removed-iceblock-from-app-store-under-doj-pressure/

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/tech/hollywood-ai-actor-backlash

 

Per our Constitution, our President runs our Executive Branch.  Or does he?

 

https://americanmind.org/salvo/jerome-powell-the-feds-white-knight/

 

The Supreme Court of the United States is our Constitution’s ultimate decider.  It is the great mediator between the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch.  The upcoming SCOTUS session will be as consequential as any that have come before it.

 

https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/30/the-federalists-guide-to-the-2025-supreme-court-term/

 

The resulting human loss of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel was the statistical equivalent of 40,000 American lives being lost in a similar attack.  How can ANYONE defend such an action as this and blame Israel for now insuring the safety and future of its people?

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/10/anniversary-of-a-horror/

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/10/works-and-days-of-hamas-2.php

 

Big Pharma does great things and saves/improves the lives of many.  But…it is corrupted by corporate greed and tainted with a God-complex.  Congress must sit down with the industry and fashion a structure that is innovative, supportive, transparent, and affordable.

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/10/three-cheers-for-the-american-pharmaceutical-industry.php

 

 

 

 

 

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The DPZ…the Gray area…is SHRINKING

The DeMilitarized Zone ( DMZ ) between North Korea and South Korea is 2.5 miles wide, located on the 38 th parallel, and one of the most he...