Category: American News Media

• America’s Having An Ideological Argument, NOT A Political One

  The GOP’s hate for democracy stands on one tectonic plate. Our love for it stands on another. America’s differences are ideological not political.

  A L Katz

  July 28, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Earthquakes, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism

  Earthquakes, Free And Fair Elections, George W Bush, Gerrymandering, Iceland, Jim Jordan, Kochs, Mission Accomplished, Mitch McConnell, Plate Tectonics, San Andreas Fault, Stephanie Ruhl, Voter Suppression

• When “Doing Nothing” IS The Crime

  Donald Trump did nothing. That was the the January 6 Commission’s big reveal during its prime time hearing last night. Trump did “nothing” during the three plus hours that he sat in the White House dining room watching the armed mob he’d sent to the Congress go to the Congress and trash it. Exactly as…

  A L Katz

  July 22, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, Russia, Treason, Trump

  2001: A Space Odyssey, Capitol Police Department, Dana Rohrbacher, Dereliction of duty, Donald Trump, Fox News, January 6 Commission, Kevin McCarthy, Mike Pence, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Secret Service, Thus Spake Zarathustra

• Republicans Are Like Movie Monsters But Waaaaaay More Evil

  I’m no expert in movie monsters but I have put words into the mouths of a few. Over the course of my Hollywood writing-producing career, I’ve worked with a few name brand movie monsters: Freddy Krueger, He Who Walks Behind The Rows (The “Children Of The Corn” franchise) and especially the Crypt Keeper from HBO’s…

  A L Katz

  July 19, 2022

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Freedom, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Showbiz Stories, The Nature of Evil, Trump

  Bond Villains, Children Of The Corn, David Koch, Freddy Krueger, Kevin McCarthy, Libertarians, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Nightmare On Elm Street, Syfy Channel, Tales From The Crypt, The Crypt Keeper, Wayne Lapierre

• Democracy Is “Use It Or Lose It”

  Winston Churchill famously said “democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried”. He said that after being voted out of office at the end of World War Two. Despite his cynicism (born of losing an election), he was right. Democracy is damned hard to pull off.…

  A L Katz

  July 12, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Corruption, Culture, False Patriotism, Republicanism, Rule of Law

  Achilles' heel, All Men Are Created Equal, American Exceptionalism, Democracy, Diversity, E Pluribus Unum, Fascism, James Madison, Libertarianism, Pathogens, Pilgrims, Slavery, Winiston Churchill

• 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

• Dear Democracy: The GOP Just Ain’t That “In To” You

  It sucks having to be the one to break the bad news. Democracy is so good-hearted. It wants the best for the most people. To make that happen, democracy wants everyone to have a voice (one person, one vote!) and if the majority of us want to be governed a certain way, then by voting…

  A L Katz

  July 11, 2022

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Election 2016, Freedom, Republicanism, Slavery, Trump

  American Civil War, Cato Institute, Confederacy, Democracy, Gerrymandering, Heather Cox Richardson, Koch Industries, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Republican Party, To Make Men Free, Voter Suppression

• The Perils Of Treasonitis

  “Treason”, like “Nazi”, is one of “those” words. At least, it used to be. Back when the Trump era first started, it was kinda cute how people on the left dared themselves to throw down the word “Nazi” or “fascist” to describe Donald Trump, his inner circle and increasingly the entire Republican Party. We all…

  A L Katz

  July 3, 2022

  American News Media, Bill Barr, Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Russia, Treason, Trump

  Cyber War, DNA, Fascist, Godwin's Law, Kevin McCarthy, Mueller Report, Nazi, Putin Pays Trump, Republican Party, Treason, Typhoid mary, Useful Idiot

• Conservatives & Ooga-Booga

  The Supreme Court, finishing its annus horribilus at the top of its American Enterprise Institute coached form has just told the Biden Administration – America actually – that the EPA can’t tell power plants how much they can pollute our air. For the Supreme Court’s information, the air THEY breathe is no different from the…

  A L Katz

  June 30, 2022

  American News Media, Atheism, Barack Obama, Climate Change, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Magical Thinking, Political Commentary, Sexual Assault Survival

  Annus Horribilus, Apostle Paul, Born Again, EPA, Jello, Judaism, King David, Kochs, Morality, Supreme Court, The Jesus Seminar, Voice Of God

• All Opinions Are NOT Created Equal

  Everyone has an opinion. In America, we believe everyone has that right – to hold an opinion that’s uniquely theirs (no matter how goofy). It’s a wonderful thing! But just having an opinion doesn’t make that opinion correct. It’s entirely possible to hold an opinion completely formed by feelings with not an iota of fact…

  A L Katz

  June 27, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Religion

  abortion, American News Media, Conservatism, Corruption, Election 2022, Jesus Take The Wheel, journalism, Pandemic, Power Grab, Public Opinion, Strategic thinking

• The Big Lie Is An Act Of War

  Even if it wasn’t an actual “on the books” crime, what Donald Trump and the Republican Party are doing to America feels criminal and that the fact that there aren’t already laws making what’s happening illegal is because it’s so monstrous, no one imagined Americans of any stripe would be capable of doing such a…

  A L Katz

  June 19, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Culture, Cyber War, Election 2016, Freedom, Racism, Republicanism, Slavery, Treason, Trump

  American Exceptionalism, Civil War, College Republicans, E Pluribus Unum, Great Seal, James Madison, McKay Coppins, Newt Gingrich, Progressive Agenda, Slavery, The Atlantic, The Big Lie, Transition Of Power