Category: The Nature of Evil

• Jesus Christ, Oppressor

  I was six years old the first time I learned how Christianity oppresses. A Christian told me I deserved to die because I killed Jesus. The person informing me of this was ten. What made it especially disconcerting was how she said it so nicely. It was a fact of life, as basic as breathing.…

  A L Katz

  July 2, 2022

  Atheism, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Religion, Spirituality, The Nature of Evil

  Anti-Semitism, Bar Mitzvah, Council of Nicaea, Do Unto Others, Hebrew School, Holocaust, Jesus, New Testament, Paul The Apostle, Religious Education, Sunday School, Tikkun Olam, Yahweh

• Prisoners Of The Box

  TV must’ve seen us coming. There were people who thought – as TV first sparked into being – that TV could never replace radio. That was shortsighted to be kind. And it was said by people who’d been alive while movies were invented and then spread across the planet as the most successful way to…

  A L Katz

  June 15, 2022

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Magical Thinking, Republicanism, The Branding Age, The Nature of Evil

  Amphitheaters, Broadcast News, CNN, Holly Hunter, Idiot Box, James L Brooks, MSNBC, Proscenium Arch, Smart Phones, Storytelling, Wide Shot, William Hurt

• Republicans Are Like Movie Monsters – But Way More Evil

  I can claim a certain “insider knowledge” where movie monsters are concerned. I’m no expert in them but I have put words in the mouths of a few name brand movie monsters: Freddy Krueger, He Who Walks Behind The Rows and the Crypt Keeper. In order to do that, I’ve had to get “intimate” with…

  A L Katz

  June 14, 2022

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

  Bond Villains, Freddy Krueger, Kevin McCarthy, Lauren Boebert, Libertarians, Liz Cheney, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Movie Monsters, Polio, Post Polio Syndrome, The Crypt Keeper, Wayne Lapierre

• There Simply Is No “It” That “Both Sides Do”

  Even now – as Republicans alone stand in the way of stopping gun violence (yes, a few Democrats stand with them) – our news media insists that in order to solve this crisis, “both sides” have to come down off their high horses! That’s because “both sides do it” brand journalism insists that every argument…

  A L Katz

  June 8, 2022

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Gun Control, The Nature of Evil

  American Enterprise Institute, Both Sides Do It, Brookings Institution, Climate Denial, Climate Science, CNN, Facts Vs Feelings, False Equivalence, Gun violence, MSNBC, Norm Ornstein, Salon, Thomas E Mann

• Why Is American Christianity So Effin’ Crazy?

  Lordy, I hope that’s not a revelation (or a whole Book of Revelation): American Christianity is effin’ crazy. Over the course of its history, Christianity has twisted a simple message – “Do unto others” – into the justification for murdering non-adherents (especially Jews). Talk about transubstantiation! The amount of carnage committed in the Prince of…

  A L Katz

  June 5, 2022

  Atheism, Corruption, Culture, Magical Thinking, Racism, Religion, Slavery, Spirituality, The Nature of Evil

  Catholic Church, Christianity, Do Unto Others, L Ron Hubbard, Manifest destiny, Mormonism, Paul The Apostle, Prince of Peace, Proselytization, Road to Damascus, Scientology, Vikings

• Why Isn’t “Mandatory Gun Insurance” A Thing?

  There’s a great line in the movie “Usual Suspects”: “The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing mankind that he didn’t exist”. As the devil would surely know, if he existed, the very best place to hide is right in plain sight. It’s the last place anybody will look for ya. Cars were designed…

  A L Katz

  May 30, 2022

  Branding, Corruption, False Patriotism, Freedom, Gun Control, Rule of Law, Taxes, Team Biden, The Nature of Evil, Treason

  "The Usual Suspects", Daniel Defense, Design Specs, Guns Don't Kill People…, Hide In Plain Sight, Insurance, Remington, Rule of Law, Sandy Hook, Second Amendment

• Theoretical Red America v Theoretical Blue America – Where Would YOU Want To Live?

  Here’s a thought experiment the whole family can play. Let’s pretend that we really could divide America into two countries – a Red America and a Blue America. And let’s suppose that we made it possible for every American to choose which America they wanted to live in – Red America or Blue America and…

  A L Katz

  May 29, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, False Patriotism, Magical Thinking, Racism, Rule of Law, Second Amendment, Slavery, The Nature of Evil

  abortion, Bipartisan, Blue America, Corruption, Equal Rights, Federalist, Level Playing Field, Property Rights, Red America, Rule of Law, Slavery, UBS

• America Has A Gun Problem Because Of Its Christianity Problem

  Whattaya think? Would Jesus have been down with former Republican nominee for Georgia governor Kendiss Taylor? Would Jesus have said Kendiss was the one HE had been waiting for? I mean, at least Kendiss gave Jesus billing over the guns. We should note that the guns got billing over the babies. Such as it ever…

  A L Katz

  May 26, 2022

  American News Media, Atheism, Corruption, Culture, Religion, The Nature of Evil

  Apostle Paul, Come To Jesus, Georgia Primary, Governor of Georgia, Jesus, Jesus Guns Babies, Kendiss Taylor, Martiin Luthor, Protestant Reformation, Scripture

• Why Religious Hypocrites Are The WORST Hypocrites

  When history looks back at our time, I suspect they’ll see it as a Golden Age of Corruption, Greed, Racism and Hypocrisy. The four horsemen of our modern apocalypse (to be sure, there are a few more horsemen riding with them – Misogyny, Bigotry and Ignorance). As bad as the other three are, Hypocrisy, though…

  A L Katz

  May 13, 2022

  Atheism, Corruption, Culture, Magical Thinking, Racism, Religion, The Nature of Evil

  Apocalypse, Apostle Paul, Catholic Church, Corruption, Four Horsemen, Greed, Hypocrisy, Monotheism, Pentateuch, Polytheism, Protestantism, Religious Faith

• The Press Has A Dog In This Fight; “Both Sides Do It” Blinds Them To That Fact

  Watching Jake Sherman (founder of the Punchbowl News newsletter) on MSNBC just now drives home the point: whatever talent Sherman might have as a journalist is totally undermined by his acceptance of “Both Sides Do It” brand thinking and journalism. The first thing “Both sides do it” does to any journalist thinking this way is…

  A L Katz

  May 10, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, Putin's War, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, The Nature of Evil, Trump

  Adam Entous, Bernie Madoff, Both Sides Do It, Jake Sherman, Jean Valjean, Kevin McCarthy, Les Miserables, Punchbowl News, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Victor Hugo, Washington Post, Zelenskyy