Tag: Problem-Solving

• Republicans And Magical Thinking

  Kellyanne Conway – Donald Trump’s staff Crypt Keeper lookalike – famously said that Trump World preferred “alternative facts” to actual facts. That was a remarkable statement when Kellyanne made it. We still hadn’t gotten used to the idea of Trumpanistas always saying the quiet stuff out loud. But, that’s what Kellyanne did: she articulated a…

  A L Katz

  September 13, 2023

  American News Media, Climate Change, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Racism, Religion, Republicanism, Trump

  Alternative Facts, Both Sides Do It, Cancelled, Donald Trump, Fossil Fuels, God of the Gaps, Gun Control, Joe Biden, Kellyanne Conway, Problem-Solving, Republican Party, Trumpism

• “I’m Trying To Think But Nothing Happens”

  I’m a movie nerd. Movie quotes and moments pop into my head constantly, like a highlighter being applied to my life in real time. One of those quotes pops up with alarming regularity these days. You don’t have to be a Three Stooges fan to appreciate the genius of Curly Howard’s exquisitely delivered “I’m trying…

  A L Katz

  March 5, 2022

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Magical Thinking, Rule of Law, Slavery, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  Confederacy, Conservatism, Conservatives, Curly Howard, I'm trying to think, Maya Angelou, Oliver Twist, Problem-Solving, Skin in the game, Slavery, Three Stooges, Workhouse

• Cake v Icing

  I love me a good metaphor. Listening to some people argue, one gets the clear impression that they couldn’t care less about cake. They’re all about the icing. The color of the icing especially. They’ll insist that nothing can happen if the icing on this cake isn’t red — a very particular kind or red,…

  A L Katz

  January 29, 2021

  Election 2016, Election 2020, Political Commentary, The Nature of Evil, Trump

  “Mexicans are rapists”, American News Media, Icing A Cake, Icing Color, Pig In Lipstick, Prejudice, Problem-Solving, Pussy grabbing, Racism, Serial Rapist

• Our Problem Is We Keep Solving The Wrong Problems

  You’re hot. You think: open the window — that will solve my problem. But your house is on fire. Opening the window will solve nothing. That’s OUR problem. Our house is on fire — the Republican Party is trying to burn it down. And, while the Democrats are desperately trying to put the fire out,…

  A L Katz

  November 24, 2019

  American News Media, Back It Up Or It’s Bullshit, Election 2016, Live Bullshit Free, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Trump

  "All Roads Lead To Putin", AM Joy, American Exceptionalism, American Journalism, American News Media, Donald Trump, Malcolm Nance, Problem-Solving, Racism, Republican corruption, Russian election interference