Tag: Retail Politics

• Things Both Sides DON’T Do

  Some day, when Donald Trump is behind us and the Republican Party lies beside the Whigs in the American History Cemetery, we’ll have to turn our gaze on the news media. The press utterly failed us at the moment we most needed them to fulfill their Constitutionally mandated role as the last check on power.…

  A L Katz

  July 6, 2023

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, False Patriotism, The Nature of Evil, Trump

  Both Sides Do It, Conservatives, Conventional wisdom, Gerrymandering, Horse Races, Progressives, Race Tracks, Retail Politics, Voter Suppression, Whigs

• The GOP Has Become America’s Worst Case Scenario

  Sometimes, we have to assure ourselves we’re awake and not dreaming. Yes, the Republican Party really is doing what it’s doing. It’s natural for partisans to always see the worst case scenario sitting on their opposition’s shoulder. If the other guy wins? Welcome to the worst case scenario. To conservatives, that’s socialism. So, all Democrats…

  A L Katz

  August 15, 2022

  Branding, Corruption, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Republicanism, Rule of Law

  Fascists, Gerrymandering, GOP, Magna Carta, Progressives, Republican Party, Retail Politics, Socialism, Voter Suppression, Worst Case Scenario

• Our Retail Politics Are Killing Democracy

  In theory anyway, Democracy’s simple:  In self-government, the majority of the people get to call the shots.  It’s understood that the majority is made up of a multiplicity of views because it includes so much of the citizenry. “What do the citizens want?”  That’s the first question.  But it needs to be accompanied by ‘But,…

  A L Katz

  October 22, 2018

  American News Media, Election 2016, Live Bullshit Free, New Ways of Thinking, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Uncategorized

  American News Media, Beto O’Rourke, Democracy, Donald Trump, Horse Race, MSM, Retail Politics, Self Government, Ted Cruz, Truth, Zero Sum Game