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  • Institutional Racism’s “Own Goal”

    In soccer (football to the rest of the world), the worst thing to happen is an “own goal” where you score on yourself. That, perversely, is what institutional racism just did – is still doing – to Tyre Nichols. Nothing will bring that unfortunate young man back to life or to his family. But, in […]

    A L Katz

    January 28, 2023
    Corruption, Culture, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Slavery
    Blue Wall, Culture, Football, Homer Simpson, Institutional Racism, Justice, Own goal, Policing, Slave patrols, Soccer, Tyre Nichols, Washington Post
  • The Emperor Is Naked And So’s His Gun

    California experienced at least two mass shootings yesterday. One in Monterey Park (near LA), the other in Half Moon Bay, not far from San Francisco. Both, it appears, were angry men using firearms (instead of therapy) to resolve their emotional issues. That’s a pretty regular part of many (if not most) mass shooting incidents – […]

    A L Katz

    January 24, 2023
    Culture, Gun Control, Rule of Law, SCOTUS, Second Amendment
    Antonin Scalia, Constitution, Contract English, Emperor is naked, Gun lobby, Half Moon Bay, Heller Decision, James Madison, Keep or bear arms, Monterey Park, Second Amendment, Therapy
  • Skepticism v Cynicism – They’re NOT The Same Thing!

    Not a revelation: our news media sucks. It’s broken. And “both sides do it” (BSDI) brand journalism broke it. Not all journalists practice BSDI but enough do that their journalism prevents We The People from ever getting the truth in real time. Healthy journalism depends on skepticism. Doubt. But, hey – bring receipts? Doubt can […]

    A L Katz

    January 23, 2023
    American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture
    All Men Are Created Equal, Both Sides Do It, Cynicism, E Pluribus Unum, journalism, Neutrality, News Media, Originalism, Rising Tide, Secret Sauce, Skepticism, Skepticism vs Cynicism
  • Know Who Loves The Unvaxxed? Pathogens!

    Listening to an anti-vaxxer insist they can’t trust science because they know better can make your head explode. More often than not, these aren’t dumb people; many are highly educated and, really, very well meaning. But anti-vaxxism has gotten under their skin like a religion. Or a cult. They embrace this mania with every fiber […]

    A L Katz

    January 17, 2023
    Coronavirus, Culture, Healthcare, Magical Thinking
    Anti-vaxxers, Edewrd Jenner, Europeans, Native Americans, Pathogens, Polio, potato famine, RNA, Sex Hotel, Smallpox, Vaccines, Viruses
  • Kevin McCarthy: Speaker Of The House & Treason’s Poster Boy

    Wanna talk Rogue’s Gallery? Let’s talk Republican Speakers of The House. From Newt Gingrich (he the GOP’s culture war against the rest of us) to Denny Hastert (convicted pederast) to Paul Ryan (record breaking ineptitude), Republican Speakers have been disastrous for America. Kevin McCarthy kicks that up a whole bunch of notches. As far as […]

    A L Katz

    January 13, 2023
    American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, Kevin McCarthy, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Russia, Treason, Trump
    ‘Both sides do it’, Adam Entous, Corruption, Donald Trump, Paul Ryan, Politics, Rohrbacher, Secrets, Security Threat, Speaker of the House, Treason, Washington Post
  • You Can’t View Extraordinary Times Through An Ordinary Lens

    I keep trying to put my finger on this strange feeling I get every time I turn on cable news. It’s like the news media – even as they report the biggest story ever – fail to grasp how big the story is. A patch of grass fascinates them. Too bad it’s in the middle […]

    A L Katz

    January 11, 2023
    American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, Republicanism, Russia, Treason, Trump
    But Her Emails, Cable News, Desperate times, Donald Trump, Everest, Mexicans Are Rapists, Pussy grabbing, Russia, Sweeny Todd, The Big Lie, Treason, World Cup Final
  • Cynicism + Journalism = Propaganda

    American journalism – awash in “Both Sides Do It” – has mistaken skepticism (which every journalist should have in their tool kit) for cynicism – which, actually, is the DEATH of journalism. A skeptic doubts everyone. A cynic doubts no one. That’s because the cynic thinks he knows where everyone stands (though he doesn’t). That’s […]

    A L Katz

    January 10, 2023
    American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Republicanism, Social Media, Treason, Trump
    Access Journalism, American Journalism, Both Sides Do It, Cynicism, Dick Cheney, George W Bush, Greater Good, Judith Miller, New York Times, Propaganda, Ronald Reagan, Skepticism
  • We’re Having The Wrong Debate About The 2nd Amendment And Guns: “Own” Isn’t In The 2A

    This is very much an “Emperor’s New Clothes” situation. America watches a naked king ride by every day while pretending that this bloated, pink-skinned, pimply-and-pock-marked monarch is clothed. As we sit here today, we have it in our heads that the Second Amendment guarantees all Americans the right to own all the guns they want. […]

    A L Katz

    January 7, 2023
    Culture, Gun Control, Racism, SCOTUS, Second Amendment, Suicide Prevention
    2A, enumerated rights, Federalism, Gun ownership, Heller, James Madison, Keep and bear, Militia, NRA, Originalism, Samuel Alito, Scalia, Second Amendment, State’s Rights
  • New Year’s Day Is A Great Day To Recall: Kevin McCarthy Is A Traitor!

    Current GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy desperately wants to be Speaker Of The House. Even if somehow he manages to scrape together the votes, McCarthy won’t be Speaker for long. There are a thousand different inglorious ways for McCarthy’s speakership to crash and burn. And, quickly, too. That’s what happens when you’ re a traitor like […]

    A L Katz

    January 1, 2023
    American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Cyber War, Election 2016, Republicanism, Russia, Treason, Trump
    Adam Entous, Cyber War, GOP Leader, Kevin McCarthy, Real War, Speaker of the House, There's two people Putin pays, Traitor, Ukraine, Washington Post
  • We’re Making It All Up

    I am a huge fan of the human imagination. I’m a huge fan of all imagination; I’m convinced plenty of other animals and creatures have imaginations, too. They use them – same as we humans do – to problem solve both small and big problems. Finding food, a safe place to sleep, our place in […]

    A L Katz

    December 31, 2022
    Atheism, Culture, Magical Thinking, Religion, Rule of Law
    Capitalism, Captain Kirk, Divinity, human imagination, Infallibility, Kobiyashi Maru, Pentateuch, Political System, Pope, Sapiens, Star Trek, Wrath of Khan, Yuval Harari
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