Tag: Freedom isn't free

• This ‘Democracy Thing’ Is Waaaaaaay Harder Than It Looks

  We Americans have it in our heads that we are what “democracy” looks like. Democracy has news for us: no, we’re not. If the bottommost line there is in what sets democracies apart from other forms of government is voting — by the total number of citizens legally qualified to vote — then, historically, America…

  A L Katz

  October 4, 2021

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Election 2020, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  Adlai Stevenson, Democracy, Election Integrity, Freedom isn't free, Gerrymandering, Great Depression, Racism, Voter Suppression, Voting

• Dear RW-ers: No, Freedom Is NOT Free; It Comes With Responsibilities

  Listening to most RW-ers defend their ideals is starting to sound like a ten year old bully defending himself. “You’re not the boss of me” is what “freedom” sounds like in his ears. That might work as freedom if you live alone on an island. Put one other person there and “you’re not the boss…

  A L Katz

  January 15, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Election 2016, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Republicanism, Slavery, Taxes, Treason, Trump

  American Exceptionalism, Civic Education, Free Labor, Freedom in a free society, Freedom isn't free, Politics, Slavery, Taxes, Tribalism, Voting Rights, Winston Churchill, You're not the boss of me

• In A Fight Against Evil — Like Now — You HAVE TO Take A Side

  In a time as immoral as ours, moral choices matter. MSNBC is about to broadcast an interview with a “non-voter”. That’s a strange concept in an environment as morally clear as this one. Even if you don’t love Joe Biden, the other choice — Donald Trump — has taken the country to a moment of…

  A L Katz

  October 27, 2020

  American News Media, Coronavirus, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Freedom, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Rule of Law, The Nature of Evil, Trump

  Both Sides Do It, Existential peril, Freedom isn't free, life and death, Moral choices, MSNBC, Non-voters, Patient Zero, Right Wing Money, Socialized Medicine, tug of war