Sol's Culture Wars

Jews own..." Without all the predictable feathers getting re-ruffled, let's recall again that Marlon Brando said so in an interview, and got tons of pushback about it. More recently-- and, full disclosure here, I'm a big fan-- Dave Chappelle also said it in a different form, both humorous and generally truthful. There ARE a lot of Jewish folks in Hollywood. Considering it was also the movie town's origins, and still today about 25% of Hollywood execs are Jewish. With only 2% of the U.S. population being Jewish, Chappelle's harmless, funny jokes have some factual context. But, his routine doesn't include the historical record of how and why Jewish folks were mostly employed in certain fields and jobs. His stage act isn't meant to include the reasons Jews were forced into certain professions, while strictly excluded from others. But, through humor, Chappelle also includes the humanity of every group he jokes about, and includes all groups. So, then why is it ...

Numbers don't lie, unless they're misrepresented to do so. Ratings for news networks are fairly straightforward. While not always revealing why, the ratings do accurately reflect who's watching what, and when. So, why then are so many Democrats and Independents watching FOX, instead of CNN. The progressive network started by visionary media icon Ted Turner has posted very dismal, bottom-of-the-barrel ratings for many years, up to the present. Even a recent change in leadership hasn't helped so far. For instance, the latest CNN subtlety is to malign Elon Musk under the guise of loaded headlines. Like "Racism on the rise since Musk bought Twitter." So, CNN associates in viewers minds the two words racism and Musk. Watch for it, the anti-Musk campaign is almost daily now on the network. You'd think they'd stop that kind of subconscious nonsense and consciously notice their serious decline in audience.  Certainly FOX slants to the right of center. In fact,...

Midterm malaise. America remains schizoid in character, cleaved down the middle by a bizarrely cruel political blood sport, and with no clear winners, certainly not the voters.  Both parties continue to crassly discourage any chances for solutions or collaboration. Both parties promise, and lie, and deny any responsibility for the current mess. Trump continues as America's #1 ugly enigma, as capable as he is dispicable. You can't find his 2.0 because there is none. He remains colossally one-dimensional. It's still the Brand Trump thing, 24/7, no exceptions. Nothing, not a single thought gets around that filter. Trump's personality should lose him the election every time, and will again. But, his many achievements in one term were impressively realized, and while getting jobbed by his political and media enemies on largely phony claims of his alleged wrongdoing. Trump was a hero for Israel, while the world's tyrants could neither predict nor dismiss him. Energy indep...