When Elton John testified before Congress, the media had a field day. When Smokey Robinson made a brief appearance, everyone cheered. But when Gene Simmons of KISS traveled to the Pentagon on May 16 to laud the troops for their service and fight back tears to discuss how America saved his Hungarian-born mother from the concentration camps, many reporters and pundits scoffed. Why did the media opt to cast negativity around Simmons’ appearance rather than fawn over it as they would typically do with any other Hollywood star? Simple: if it wasn’t for the president himself, he could be considered...