Category: The Branding Age

• Dear Corporate America: Integrity Needs To Be Your New “Bottom Line”

  Know who believes in democracy? Corporate America. They sort of believe in American democracy. But, the “democracy of the marketplace”? That, they believe in, unabashedly. Corporate America has to — they need consumers to “vote” with their wallets and pocketbooks as “early and often” as possible (like they supposedly used to vote in Chicago when […]

  A L Katz

  February 3, 2021

  Branding, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, Mitch McConnell, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, The Branding Age, Treason, Trump

  American Democracy, Bill O'Reilly, Corporate America, Great Moral Reckoning, Home Depot, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, New Coke, Pandemic Response

• The Reason “Both Sides Do It” Is Bad Journalism

  In the “Pantheon Of Wrongheaded Common Wisdom”, “Both Sides Do It” is king, queen and the rest of the demented Spanish Aristocracy. It takes a nubbin of “maybe” and makes it incontrovertible fact. Bad behavior does not belong to any political party. Yes, both sides are physically capable of doing things they shouldn’t and then […]

  A L Katz

  January 6, 2021

  American News Media, Election 2016, Election 2020, Mitch McConnell, Political Commentary, The Branding Age, Treason, Trump

  Ali Velshi, Bad Behavior, Bernie Madoff, Both Sides Do It, Chuck Todd, Jean Valjean, Kelly O Donnell, Nicolle Wallace, Perspective, Rachel Maddow, Republican corruption, Skepticism vs Cynicism, Spanish Aristocracy

• Republicans Have Crossed A Line From Beyond Which There IS No Return

  That headline is wrong. The Republican Party has crossed MULTIPLE lines from beyond which there IS NO RETURN. The moment the RW money decided to make permanent minority rule its mission — that was a line of no return. The moment Moscow Mitch McConnell stated out loud that denying Barack Obama (the president a MAJORITY […]

  A L Katz

  December 31, 2020

  American News Media, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, The Branding Age, Treason, Trump

  Crossed The Line, Crypt Keeper, Josh Hawley, Kevin McCarthy, Mitt Romney, Moscow Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Permanent Minority Rule, Point Of No Return, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, RW Money, Tales From The Crypt, Trump-Russia

• Why Do Some Christians Hate Being Forced To Reap What They Sowed?

  As an atheist, I wonder frequently why so few Christians follow Jesus. That is, they belong to a church — but their church sees Jesus the way McDonald’s sees Ronald. He’s a mascot. He’s the “Do Unto Others” bait that they switch with “Do What We Tell You To Do — Or Else!” Institutional Christianity […]

  A L Katz

  December 20, 2020

  Branding, Coronavirus, Magical Thinking, Magical Thinking, The Branding Age

  Atheism, Barack Obama, Do Unto Others, Make It Up As You Go Along, Mascots, Melting Nazi Face, Mulligan Jesus, Pandemics, Party Of Personal Responsibility, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Republican coup d'etat

• The Day Republicans Made Treason Part Of Their Brand

  Picture the scene — it really happened: a month before Donald Trump officially becomes their presidential nominee in 2016, the Republican Muckety Mucks all sit down to a meeting on Capitol Hill. Late to the meeting, current GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy enters and says out loud “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and […]

  A L Katz

  December 9, 2020

  American News Media, Cyber War, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Mitch McConnell, Political Commentary, The Branding Age, Treason, Trump

  "No leaks", Cyber War, Dana Rohrbacher, GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, Mafia Family, Mike Pence, Paul Manafort, Pearl Harbor, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Putin Pays Trump, Vladimir Putin

• A Presidency Is Like A Four-Year Story Cycle — And America Is Done, Done, DONE With The Donald Trump Story

  We didn’t need to preview “The Donald Trump Presidency” to know it was going to be a double-barreled dumpster fire that could only end horribly. Everything about the prequel to Trump’s presidency — his life — suggested he was a terrible businessman, a terrible husband, a terrible father, a terrible American and an even worse […]

  A L Katz

  November 20, 2020

  American News Media, Barack Obama, Election 2016, Election 2020, Political Commentary, Republicanism, The Branding Age, Treason, Trump

  Branding, Dumpster Fire, George W Bush, Rabbit Holes, Republican Party Brand, Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell, Trump A Terrible Businessman, Trump Is Bonkers, Trump presidency

• Since “Republican” Now Equals “Trump”, Non-Trumpist Republicans Need To Re-Brand; I’m Here To Help

  As much as they suck at governing, Republicans excel at marketing. Remember “Mission Accomplished”? The only thing “accomplished” was hanging that banner. While Americans vote with their hopes and dreams, Republicans only ever deliver smoke and mirrors. Missions UNaccomplished. Skies NOT blue. Plenty of children left behind. The words promise plenty. Too bad they’re all […]

  A L Katz

  November 15, 2020

  American News Media, Coronavirus, Election 2020, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Taxes, The Branding Age, Treason, Trump

  Conservatism, Cynicism, Donald Trump's Corruption, Hopes And Dreams, Mission Accomplished, Mitch McConnell, No Child Left Behind, Progressive Values, Republican corruption, The Republican Brand

• Never Mind “Cutting To The Chase”, We Should Have Cut To The END Of The Donald Trump Chase

  Fact: Donald Trump is the most corrupt president ever in US History. If we think of presidencies as “story cycles”, the Donald Trump presidency has been the worst horror story imaginable because it’s scary but for all the wrong reasons. From the get-go, the Donald Trump story has been one of corruption and terrible behavior. […]

  A L Katz

  October 27, 2020

  American News Media, Cyber War, Election 2016, Mitch McConnell, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Rule of Law, SCOTUS, The Branding Age, Treason, Trump

  2016 election, Cut to the chase, Fix the Constitution, most corrupt president ever, Progressives, Republican corruption, story cycles, Trump is corrupt, Trump is racist, Trump presidency, Trump Treason

• We Need To Make Corruption Public Enemy #1

  We take “integrity” for granted. We take our own for granted — that’s for sure. We shouldn’t. Instead, we should be protecting our integrity like a mother protecting her babies. Integrity is the only thing standing between us and corruption. Integrity and corruption are literal opposites. They gave literally nothing in common. The moment integrity […]

  A L Katz

  April 30, 2020

  Barack Obama, Coronavirus, Election 2016, Live Bullshit Free, Mitch McConnell, Political Commentary, Republicanism, The Branding Age, Trump

  Both Sides Do It, Corruption, Donald Trump, Integrity, Koch Brothers, Kochs & Mercers, Republican corruption, Rule of Law, SCOTUS

• It’s Insane On Steroids That People Get Crazy Over The Oscars; They Were Created As (And Still Are) A MARKETING TOOL Above All…

  There’s a great line in “The Usual Suspects”: “The greatest trick the Devil ever played was convincing the world that he didn’t exist”. Exactly so. Real evil recedes into the background where it quietly corrupts everything it can. I’m not in any way saying the Oscars are evil. Absolutely not. But they play by movie […]

  A L Katz

  February 10, 2020

  American News Media, Back It Up Or It’s Bullshit, Karma’s A Bitch, Live Bullshit Free, Movie Reviews, Political Commentary, The Branding Age, Uncategorized

  "The Usual Suspects", Academy Awards, Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, AMPAS, Empire Of Their Own, Louis B. Mayer, Oscars, Parasite, Screenwriting, WGA