Tag: Corruption

• Is Perspective-Free Journalism Really “Journalism”?

  If the fall of Afghanistan proved anything — aside from the fact that we set ourselves up for failure (alongside the Afghanis who helped us) the instant we landed in country — it’s how little perspective our news media brings to work each day. We knew lack of perspective (like failure of imagination) was a…

  A L Katz

  August 20, 2021

  Afghanistan, American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Election 2020, Republicanism, Team Biden, Treason, Trump

  American News Media, Bribery, Corruption, Fall Of Afghanistan, Level Playing Field, Pakistan, Perspective, Realpolitik, Sarah Chayes, Taliban, White House Press Corps

• Everyone May Have Their Point Of View But Not Every Point Of View Has A Valid Point

  There was a terrific Monty Python sketch called “The Argument Clinic” where — pure theatre of the absurd — a customer (played by Brian Jones) goes to an argument clinic where he pays to have an argument with an argument counselor played by John Cleese. Right off the bat, Cleese’s counselor is disagreeable and argumentative…

  A L Katz

  July 19, 2021

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Election 2020, Republicanism

  Argument Clinic, Both Sides Do It, Corruption, Donald Trump, John Cleese, Monty Python, Rabbit Holes, Social Media, The Big Lie, Theatre Of The Absurd

• The GOP Is A Party Of Bullies

  Bullies and bullying are a universal evil.  If bullying ended at the schoolyard gate, that would be bad enough but, as we all know, bullying doesn’t stop there.  The whole schoolyard follows us through life — with bullies getting to be bullies forever like Hook-ified versions of Peter Pan.  Donald Trump is the worst kind…

  A L Katz

  June 26, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Treason, Trump

  "Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump", American Exceptionalism, Bullies, Bullying, Cheating to win, Corruption, E Pluribus Unum, Election 2016, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan, Peter Pan, Schoolyard Bullies

• Dear Merrick Garland — Welcome Aboard! Now That You’re Officially America’s AG, Here Are A Few Helpful Suggestions…

  First and foremost, Mister Attorney General, can I say what a pleasure it is to finally call you our ATTORNEY GENERAL. Frankly, I’d rather we’d been calling you Supreme Court Justice Merrick Garland for years already, but that’s a conversation for another day — one where the GOP begins to realize the terrible, terrible mistake…

  A L Katz

  March 11, 2021

  American News Media, Barack Obama, Bill Barr, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  Bill Barr, Corruption, Department Of Justice, Insurrection, Kochs & Mercers, Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, Roger Stone, Roger Stone's Nixon Tattoo, Supreme Court, Trump-Russia, We The People

• The Biggest Question We Now Face About Trump’s Presidency Is What To Do About Its Very Real Illegitimacy

  One cannot commit treason in order to become POTUS. That, surely, is the spirit of the law. You cannot betray us in order to govern us.

  A L Katz

  January 19, 2021

  Election 2016, Election 2020, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Robert Mueller, Rule of Law, SCOTUS, Treason, Trump

  Corruption, Donald Trump Guilty, Illegitimate POTUS, John Lewis, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, Mueller Report, Presidential Pardon Power, Treason, Trump's Electoral College Win, Trump's Presidency Is Illegitimate, Two Sets of Rules

• I Want The Beginning Of The Biden-Harris Administration To Feel Like The END Of A “Godfather” Movie

  I don’t recall any movie doing this before Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather” did it — that climax where the family gets back into the game with one, bold strike at all their enemies at once. In this case Michael Corleone’s gutsy move forces the other five families — shocked by the tactical balls, precision…

  A L Katz

  December 17, 2020

  Barack Obama, Bill Barr, Election 2016, Election 2020, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  Bill Barr, Corruption, Department Of Justice, Francis Ford Coppola, Fredo, Michael Corleone, Most Corrupt POTUS Ever, The Godfather, The Godfather Part Two, Zombies

• It’s The Corruption, Stupid!

  The “Ragin’ Cajun”, James Carville, coined “(It’s) The economy, stupid!” during Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. Why would people vote one way(for Bill Clinton) vs the other (for GW Bush)? Back then, in those heady, carefree days (relatively speaking), the economy was our biggest, baddest problem. Oh, the luxury of only having to deal with…

  A L Katz

  November 27, 2020

  American News Media, Election 2016, Election 2020, Mitch McConnell, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  Bush v Gore, Corruption, Electoral College, GW Bush, Its The Economy Stupid, James Carville, Perspective, Popular Vote vs Electoral College, Republican corruption, Trump Takeover of the GOP, We The People

• The Donald Trump Players Presents “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” — Starring Real Life Crazy People

  

  Even crappy reality shows like Donald Trump presidency live and die on the success of their casting choices. And no one has been more “sensitive” to how important casting is to the success of his reality show than Donald Trump. Trump knows that it takes a criminal to play a criminal; actors can only ever…

  A L Katz

  November 24, 2020

  Election 2016, Election 2020, Movie Reviews, Republicanism, Showbiz Stories, Treason, Trump

  Anthony Sabato Jr, Casting, Corruption, Dennis Quaid, Donald Trumps Presidency, Gary Busey, Jack Nicholson, James Woods, Jon Voight, Kirstie Alley, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Randy Quaid, Reality Shows, Scott Baio, Stephen Baldwin

• Real Leaders LISTEN And Make Everyone Around Them Better; Donald Trump’s The Exact Opposite

  What makes Barack Obama a superb leader (his approval rating’s 58%) — regardless of whether you liked or like his policies — is his limitless capacity to inspire those all around him to do better, be better. Not because Big Brother was compelling you to — for Big Brother’s benefit — but because being the…

  A L Katz

  October 23, 2020

  Barack Obama, Election 2016, Political Commentary, Showbiz Stories, Trump

  “I alone can fix it”, Barack Obama, Barack Obama's Leadership, Big Brother, Bob Zemeckis, Corruption, Donald Trump worst president, Leadership, Libertarianism, Tales From The Crypt, We v Me

• Dear News Media: There IS No Precedent For What Trump & The Republicans Are Doing; Stop Pretending There Is One

  There’s corruption, there’s Republican corruption and then there’s Trumpian corruption. America has experienced the first two. It’s the Trumpian corruption for which we have no precedent. That fact has befuddled America’s news media from the get-go. But then, befuddlement was a natural outgrowth of thinking (and reporting) that “both sides do it”. Nietsche warned “stare…

  A L Katz

  October 2, 2020

  American News Media, Bill Barr, Election 2016, Mitch McConnell, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  American Journalism, Both Sides Do It, Corruption, NIetsche – stare into the abyss, No precedent, Republican corruption, Trump and Nepotism, Trump impeachment, Trump is a Racist, Trumpian Corruption