How To Live BULLSHIT-FREE

The Perils Of Treasonitis

“Treason”, like “Nazi”, is one of “those” words. At least, it used to be. Back when the Trump era first started, it was kinda cute how people on the left dared themselves to throw down the word “Nazi” or “fascist” to describe Donald Trump, his inner circle and increasingly the entire Republican Party. We all […]

A L Katz

July 3, 2022

Trump, False Patriotism, Election 2016, American News Media, Cyber War, Republicanism, Bill Barr, Rule of Law, Treason, Corruption, Russia

Treason, Cyber War, Nazi, Mueller Report, Republican Party, Kevin McCarthy, DNA, Putin Pays Trump, Useful Idiot, Fascist, Godwin's Law, Typhoid mary
Jesus Christ, Oppressor

I was six years old the first time a Christian told me I deserved to die because I killed Jesus. The person informing me of this was ten. What made it especially disconcerting was how nicely she said it. It was a fact of life, as basic as breathing. Jews killed Jesus and therefore deserved […]

A L Katz

July 2, 2022

Atheism, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Religion, Spirituality, The Nature of Evil

Anti-Semitism, Bar Mitzvah, Council of Nicaea, Do Unto Others, Hebrew School, Holocaust, Jesus, New Testament, Paul The Apostle, Religious Education, Sunday School, Tikkun Olam, Yahweh
Every Christian I Know Is Paul On The Road To Damascus

Yesterday, as the Supreme Court closed out a session historical for its radical Christian lurch backwards toward an America that was, We The People got reminded (harshly) that extreme religiosity and democracy are mutually exclusive propositions. From abortion to guns to clean air, the religious extremists on the court (and how the bloody hell did […]

A L Katz

July 1, 2022

Atheism, Branding, Corruption, Culture, False Patriotism, Freedom, Mitch McConnell, Religion, SCOTUS, Trump

Apostle Paul, Chasids, Christian culture, Circumcision, Fall of Second Temple, Gentiles, Heritage Foundation, Jerusalem, Monotheism, Polythsism, Road to Damascus, We The People, Yahweh
Conservatives & Ooga-Booga

The Supreme Court, finishing its annus horribilus at the top of its American Enterprise Institute coached form has just told the Biden Administration – America actually – that the EPA can’t tell power plants how much they can pollute our air. For the Supreme Court’s information, the air THEY breathe is no different from the […]

A L Katz

June 30, 2022

Political Commentary, Atheism, Election 2016, American News Media, Magical Thinking, Climate Change, Sexual Assault Survival, Barack Obama, Corruption, Culture

The Jesus Seminar, Judaism, Supreme Court, Morality, King David, Voice Of God, Born Again, Apostle Paul, Kochs, Annus Horribilus, EPA, Jello
The Second Amendment Emperor Is Naked: He Doesn’t “OWN” Anything!

It’s not a hard ask. All I want is for someone to point to the word “own” anywhere in the Second Amendment. I’ve been putting this idea out there now for a couple of weeks and the only argument that comes back – other than I’m an idiot (for pointing out a true thing) – […]

A L Katz

June 28, 2022

Gun Control, Magical Thinking, Rule of Law, SCOTUS, Second Amendment

Antonin Scalia, Colonial America, Gun manufacturers, Heller, Individual Gun Ownership, James Madison, Keep and bear arms, NRA, Second Amendment, Well Regulated Militia
All Opinions Are NOT Created Equal

Everyone has an opinion. In America, we believe everyone has that right – to hold an opinion that’s uniquely theirs (no matter how goofy). It’s a wonderful thing! But just having an opinion doesn’t make that opinion correct. It’s entirely possible to hold an opinion completely formed by feelings with not an iota of fact […]

A L Katz

June 27, 2022

American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Religion

abortion, American News Media, Conservatism, Corruption, Election 2022, Jesus Take The Wheel, journalism, Pandemic, Power Grab, Public Opinion, Strategic thinking
America’s Founders Would Find Contemporary American Christianity Shocking

While the majority of America’s founders were Christians, they weren’t Christian the way most Americans – and especially most American Christians – understand Christianity today. “The majority of the Founders were religious rationalists or Unitarians.” Unitarianism is “a liberal Christian theological movement known for its belief in the unitary nature of God, and for its […]

A L Katz

June 23, 2022

Atheism, Branding, Culture, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Religion, Republicanism

Catholicism, Declaration Of Independence, Deism, Evangelicals, George Washington, John Adams, Nature's God, Patrick Henrry, Presbyterianism, The Age Of Reason, Thomas Payne, Unitarianism
The Big Lie Is An Act Of War

Even if it wasn’t an actual “on the books” crime, what Donald Trump and the Republican Party are doing to America feels criminal and that the fact that there aren’t already laws making what’s happening illegal is because it’s so monstrous, no one imagined Americans of any stripe would be capable of doing such a […]

A L Katz

June 19, 2022

American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Culture, Cyber War, Election 2016, Freedom, Racism, Republicanism, Slavery, Treason, Trump

American Exceptionalism, Civil War, College Republicans, E Pluribus Unum, Great Seal, James Madison, McKay Coppins, Newt Gingrich, Progressive Agenda, Slavery, The Atlantic, The Big Lie, Transition Of Power
Maybe Being Wrong All The Time Means You Shouldn’t Be A TV Pundit

Personally, I blame it all on MSNBC. Every time they put a lying asshat like Hugh Hewitt on its air, they cultivate the culture of lying for profit. It’s hard enough to wrap one’s head around the same news network having a great talent like Nicolle Wallace on its air alongside a useless turd like […]

A L Katz

June 18, 2022

American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Republicanism

Alex Shephard, Banality of Evil, Both Sides Do It, Chuck Todd, Hugh Hewitt, Jonathan Chait, MSNBC, New Republic, Nicolle Wallace, Noah C Rothman, Punditry, Washington Post
The Bondage Of Bad Ideas

What makes a character like Wylie Coyote so universally funny that he transcends time is that he epitomizes the bondage of bad ideas. Even before he sets out on his latest attempt to catch the Roadrunner (who, frankly, doesn’t look like much of a meal to begin with), the Coyote is doomed to fail. The […]

A L Katz

June 16, 2022

Corruption, Culture, Cyber War, Freedom, Gun Control, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Slavery

Slavery, Sandy Hook, Ayn Rand, Adam Lanza, Permanent Minority Rule, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Confederacy, Uvalde, AR15, Bondage, Wylie Coyote, Roadrunner, Colonial Aamerica