Tag: Samuel Alito

• Rapists At Heart

  Rape is not a sexual act. It’s a power play. Almost exclusively male. The rapist thinks he can violate another person’s personal space – their most intimate personal space(s) – at will and with total impunity. That they derive sexual satisfaction from it – that’s icing. Power is always the cake. When rapists finish and…

  A L Katz

  April 27, 2023

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Republicanism, Trump

  Authoritarianism, Bi-partisan, Dobbs v Jackson, E Jean Carroll, Gerrymandering, Power play, Rape, Rape Culture, Samuel Alito, Sexual Assault, Voter Suppression

• We’re Having The Wrong Debate About The 2nd Amendment And Guns: “Own” Isn’t In The 2A

  This is very much an “Emperor’s New Clothes” situation. America watches a naked king ride by every day while pretending that this bloated, pink-skinned, pimply-and-pock-marked monarch is clothed. As we sit here today, we have it in our heads that the Second Amendment guarantees all Americans the right to own all the guns they want.…

  A L Katz

  January 7, 2023

  Culture, Gun Control, Racism, SCOTUS, Second Amendment, Suicide Prevention

  2A, enumerated rights, Federalism, Gun ownership, Heller, James Madison, Keep and bear, Militia, NRA, Originalism, Samuel Alito, Scalia, Second Amendment, State’s Rights

• 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

• The Anti-Abortion Crowd Just Got Their Wish And, Boy, Are They Gonna Regret It

  As my old pal the Crypt Keeper used to say – with a darkly delighted cackle – “Be careful what you wish for, kiddies, you might just get it!” The conservatives have used the “pro-life” movement as their stalking horse. Conservatives couldn’t give a fly eff about anyone else’s life. If they knock someone up…

  A L Katz

  May 3, 2022

  Corruption, Culture, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, Religion, Republicanism, SCOTUS, Trump

  Bussing, Conservatives, Crypt Keeper, Evangelicals, Jimmy Carter, Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, Paul Weyrich, Roe v Wade, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Tales From The Crypt