Salena Zito: Biography and Latest Articles

Biography

Salena Zito is a Main Street national political journalist who offers insights on the American political system, the American public, and prominent political figures and leaders. She is famed for keenly observing during the presidential election cycle that "The press takes (Donald Trump) literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally."

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Articles

The Negligence of Joe Biden

By Salena Zito

Last Thursday, Aug. 26, at 6:00 p.m. in Kabul, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest as American troops at ...

September 07, 2021

The Restorative Power of the American People

By Salena Zito

LEBANON, Kansas -- There is something uplifting about standing in the center point of the United States of America. It ...

August 31, 2021

What Biden Doesn't Understand

By Salena Zito

GETTYSBURG -- On an overcast day, the national park that has preserved the history of one of the bloodiest and ...

August 25, 2021

In South Dakota, the Road Signs Lead to the Wall

By Salena Zito

WALL, South Dakota -- Everything about Wall Drug, arguably the most iconic and long-lasting drugstore in America, exemplifies a doggedness. ...

August 24, 2021

Trevor Donovan's Approach to Hollywood and Celebrity Is a Much-Needed Throwback

By Salena Zito

INDIANA, Pennsylvania -- When you cross the street in the downtown of this borough, located in a county that shares ...

August 17, 2021

The American Labor Crisis Has Hit All the Small Businesses on This One Street

By Salena Zito

PITTSBURGH -- It's 4:30 in the morning, and Raymond Mikesell's alarm has gone off.Within an hour, as the first rays ...

August 10, 2021

There's More Than Meets the Eye at a Demolition Derby

By Salena Zito

NEW ALEXANDRIA, Pennsylvania -- The scent of funnel cakes, grilled hot dogs and an ever-so-faint whiff of diesel fuel fill ...

July 27, 2021

How Bourbon Rose from a Humble Grain to Embody American Exceptionalism

By Salena Zito

BOURBON COUNTY, Ky. -- About 250 years ago, farmers looking for a way to make their surplus corn crop profitable ...

July 20, 2021

Seeing America from the Ground

By Salena Zito

OTTAWA, Ohio -- This is not a story about politics. Instead, it is a story about America and how sometimes, ...

July 13, 2021

The American General Store Is a Symbol of Enterprise and Exceptionalism

By Salena Zito

BUCKSTOWN, Pa. -- The Duppstadt's Country Store, sitting high on a plateau along the Lincoln Highway between Stoystown and Reels ...

July 06, 2021

Embrace the Escapism of a Good Summer Read

July 04, 2021 |

Now More Than Ever, Twitter Isn't Real Life

By Salena Zito

What matters on Twitter ... often just stays on Twitter.Those who use the platform to voice opinions on faith, politics, ...

June 29, 2021

South Dakota Rocked Again as a Wind Turbine Plant Shuts Its Doors

By Salena Zito

John F. Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, said only months ago that those losing fossil fuel jobs in ...

June 22, 2021

Where's the Beef? Thanks to Russian Hackers, It's Ever Closer to Home

By Salena Zito

MURRYSVILLE, Pennsylvania -- Elaine Noll is standing in front of the cherry white and blue stand for Billy's Country Smokehouse ...

June 15, 2021

There Are Deep Roots in These Mountains

By Salena Zito

The roots of faith, family, patriotism, dialect and work ethic are a prominent feature here. One of the first modern ...

June 08, 2021