Tag: Originalism

• The Ravages Of Magical Thinking

  Think magical thinking isn’t potent? Magical thinking is threatening our democracy in real time! Left unchecked, it will bring down the greatest experiment ever in human self government. To be fair, magical thinking now threatens lots of the world. Maybe it just feels like the bulk of its focus is here. Right wingers don’t look […]

  A L Katz

  July 23, 2022

  Atheism, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Racism, Religion, Spirituality

  All Men Are Created Equal, America's Founders, Conservatism, Data point, Deist, French Enlightenment, Magical Thinking, Originalism, Oz, Randy Lovejoy, Self Government, Tikkun Olam, White Supremacists

• This Blog Finds It Gratifying That “Bullshit” Is Gaining Acceptance

  I think I’ve lost count how many times I’ve heard the word “bullshit” on MSNBC today. For the record, I have zero problem with hearing, seeing or writing that word. I’m watching Nicolle Wallace’s excellent “Deadline: White House” on MSNBC (an addiction of mine) and Nicolle herself just dropped the word, Clare McCaskill just dropped […]

  A L Katz

  July 11, 2022

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, False Patriotism, Gun Control, Magical Thinking, Racism, Republicanism, Suicide Prevention, Trump

  Clare McCaskill, Confederacy, Deadline White House, Dixiecrats, Donnie Deutsch, George Carlin, Google, How To Live Bullshit Free, MSNBC, Nicolle Wallace, Old Kentucky Home, Originalism, Party of Lincoln

• We’ve Been Framing The Gun Debate All Wrong: There IS NO RIGHT TO GUN “OWNERSHIP” In The 2nd Amendment

  I’m not sure if anyone’s ever made this argument before. If they did, I’m not sure how we got past it. If James Madison – the author of the Second Amendment – saw us arguing today about the sacred right of gun ownership in America, he’d want to shoot himself in the head. Hopefully, he’d […]

  A L Katz

  June 3, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Gun Control, Magical Thinking, New Ways of Thinking, Racism, SCOTUS, Second Amendment

  enumerated rights, Federalism, Gun ownership, James Madison, Keep and bear, NRA, Originalism, Samuel Alito, Second Amendment, States rights

• When Politics Get Personal, People Show Up

  History won’t have a hard time pointing to the moment when American conservatism blew itself up. The exact moment won’t be important. That will be the day – whenever it is in June – when the Supreme Court formally announces its decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Will it really matter if cooler […]

  A L Katz

  May 5, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Religion, Republicanism, SCOTUS, Second Amendment, Treason, Trump

  Christian Fundamentalists, Dobbs v Jackson, Feelings v Facts, Originalism, Politico, Putin Pays Trump, Randall Balmer, Roe v Wade, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Slavery, Truth Will Set You Free, W A Criswell

• Literal Pages Ripped From “The Conservative Playbook”

  It’s not a coincidence that conservatives are far, far better at marching in lock step than liberals or progressives – or even independents. Across cultures, conservatism produces better goose-steppers than progressivism ever could even on progressivism’s very “best day”. It all comes down to the Playbook. Conservatives have one while progressives and independents don’t. That’s […]

  A L Katz

  April 17, 2022

  American News Media, Barack Obama, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, SCOTUS, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Conservatism, Conservatives, Cynicism, E Pluribus Unum, Monotheism, Originalism, Permanent Minority Rule, Voice Of God, White Supremacy, Will Rogers

• Conservatism = The Death Of Innovation

  I take conservatives and conservatism at their word: they’re all about conserving things. My question is always: “what?”. What is it exactly that any conservative wants to conserve? It can’t be the future, of course, because the future – not existing yet – can’t be conserved. That leaves the present and past for conservatives. Okay… […]

  A L Katz

  March 24, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, New Ways of Thinking, Republicanism, Rule of Law, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Authoritarianism, Conservatives, E Pluribus Unum, Founding Fathers, Innovation, Maya Angelou, Originalism, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Winston Churchill

• We The People & The Authority To Govern Us

  What, really, is the point of democracy – of this experiment of ours in self-government? The business of governing a large, diverse, complex society is full time work. Being a politician was never meant to be full time work; our founders envisioned citizen-politicians who dedicated a few years to the commonweal then returned to their […]

  A L Katz

  March 3, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Robert Mueller, Rule of Law, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Authority To Govern, E Pluribus Unum, Gerrymandering, Kochs and Mercers, Originalism, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Right Wing Money, Robert Mueller, Russia if you're listening, We The People, White Man's Burden

• White Supremacy Is The Thing Conservatives Really Want To Conserve

  I take conservatives at their word. Well, at their name: conservatives want to conserve. Fair enough. The obvious question is “what”. WHAT do conservatives want to conserve? Just to narrow it down – we know it can’t be the future, it doesn’t exist yet. There’s nothing to conserve. That limits conservable things to the present […]

  A L Katz

  February 21, 2022

  Branding, Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2020, Music & Culture, Republicanism, Rule of Law, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Conservatism, Conservatives, Culture War, Cynicism, Diversity, Kabuki, Newt Gingrich, Originalism, Ronald Reagan, White Supremacy

• Hey, White People, Go Back Where YOU Came From!

  Here’s the biggest open secret there is: the thing driving America’s national crisis to its boiling point is racism. In America, that only means one thing: white people being racist toward literally everyone else. Our problem isn’t Black people hating on Asian people, Asian people hating on Latinos, Latinos hating on Jews or Jews hating […]

  A L Katz

  January 29, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Racism, Republicanism, Slavery, The Nature of Evil

  All Men Are Created Equal, American Exceptionalism, Competition, E Pluribus Unum, Level Playing Field, Originalism, Racism, Ripple Effects, WASPS, White Supremacy, Whiteness

• Some Americans (White Ones) Think They’re The “Most Equal” Americans Of All

  The white, Christian, land-owning authors of America’s Constitution set us up for failure the moment they penned “All men are created equal” without actually meaning “all men”. They screwed the pooch just as badly (if not worse) by meaning JUST men. So, the fix was in from the start. America was doomed because while aspiring […]

  A L Katz

  December 6, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Freedom, Republicanism, Slavery, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, American Constitution, American Exceptionalism, Antonin Scalia, Bill Of Rights, Conservatism, Democracy, Diversity, E Pluribus Unum, Originalism, Slavery, Stolen Labor