Tag: The New Yorker

• Never Mind The Icing, How’s The Damned Cake?

  Ever order a piece of cake somewhere because the icing looked enticing — and then you got to the cloying, overly-sugared cake underneath and the whole experience went to hell in your mouth? It’s a little like false advertising, isn’t it? And, frankly, where cake is concerned? It’s always about the cake. The icing’s just……

  A L Katz

  September 4, 2021

  Afghanistan, American News Media, Culture, Election 2016, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  “Mexicans are rapists”, False Advertising, Hillary Clinton, Icing, Joe Biden, Pussy grabbing, Republican corruption, The New Yorker

• It Turns Out Mitch McConnell Is An Even Bigger Villain Than We Knew

  If you haven’t read Jane Mayer’s piece on Mitch McConnell in the New Yorker, do. Read it. Familiarize yourself with Mitch’s story. Understand who Mitch McConnell is — what he wants and why. If you want to understand how we got into this fiasco — a corrupt president chosen by a hostile foreign power unchecked…

  A L Katz

  April 28, 2020

  American News Media, Back It Up Or It’s Bullshit, Barack Obama, Election 2016, Karma’s A Bitch, Live Bullshit Free, Mitch McConnell, Political Commentary, Trump, Uncategorized

  Donald Trump, Elaine Chao, Election 2020, Greed, Jane Mayer, Koch Brothers, Mitch McConnell, Republican corruption, The New Yorker

• Republicanism Is A Lethal Cocktail Of Smoke, Mirrors, Corruption & Bullshit

  I’m old enough to remember when Republicans called themselves “the party of personal responsibility” without immediately laughing their asses off at the absurdity of calling themselves that. Even when they might have been personally responsible, there were always caveats. Republicans were responsible with everyone else’s lives, habits and sexual organs. People who judge others so…

  A L Katz

  April 27, 2020

  Barack Obama, Coronavirus, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Live Bullshit Free, Mitch McConnell, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Trump

  Corruption, Donald Trump, Jane Mayer, Koch Brothers, Mitch McConnell, Norman Ornstein, Republican corruption, Republicanism, Roofies, The New Yorker

• America Has A ‘Body Image’ Problem: Why Gerrymandering Is Our DYSMORPHIA

  What does America ‘look like’? Imagine us sweeping into a dressing room for a fitting.  How shall we ‘dress’ going forward (through the door of the next election — there, that’s the whole metaphor)? Turns out we have the whole world’s attention as we twirl in the mirror.  They all see us how they see…

  A L Katz

  August 29, 2018

  Election 2016, Live Bullshit Free, New Ways of Thinking, Political Commentary, Trump, Uncategorized

  American Exceptionalism, Austin Texas, Body Image, Circumvent the Will of the People, Democrats, Diversity, Dysmorphia, Gerrymandering, Lawrence Wright, Progressive, The New Yorker