Preserving American Values
Our nation stands under attack … not from without but from within. American values, our politics, and our culture have been corrupted.
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Since Trump and his followers make such a show of honoring the flag, how can I say that he desecrates the flag? The answer comes from the Pledge of Allegiance itself, which clearly states the meaning of the flag. Republicans recite the pledge at every gathering and many Trump supporters fly the flag outside their…
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There has been no shortage of articles hailing the opportunity of AI and ones forecasting disaster from AI. I understand the good uses to which AI could be put, but I am also well aware of the ways in which AI is dangerous or will denigrate our lives as thinking human beings. First, the good…
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In his Executive Order, “Restore Truth and Sanity to American History” Trump stated that there has been “a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history, replacing objective facts with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth.” He has among other things instructed the National Park Service and a variety of museums…
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I am a child of holocaust survivors, my parents having fled Germany at the last minute in 1939 before the war started, and so am well-versed in what life was like for Jews in Germany in the 30s under the Nazi regime. My father and other relatives were hunted by the Gestapo (secret police) and…
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This year, many agency heads in the Trump administration sent out official Christmas messages with explicitly religious as opposed to universal spiritual messages. So for example, War Secretary Hegseth said, “Today we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.” This is just one more example of the Trump administration’s distortion and perversion…
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Despite the brief #MeToo era, we still live in a world where if a man and a woman are engaged in a sordid—meaning, in conflict with society’s conventions—relationship, it is the woman who will be chastised and not the man. Men have always been able to do what they want and receive little criticism; women…
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There is deep disagreement among Americans today on what it means to be an American. The two sides are so polarized that each sees the other as a threat to our democracy’s continued existence. There is even occasional talk about the possibility of civil war. With the passions this disagreement has fostered, how do we…
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About a month ago, Bret Stephen wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times titled, “Why Mamdani Scares Jews.” I have a problem with Stephen’s perspective and scare tactics. To be anti-Zionist is not the same as being antisemitic. As a Jew, while I fully support the State of Israel and the necessity of…
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There is no argument between Democrats and Republicans—even of the MAGA variety—that we live in a country of great inequality regarding a number of essential aspects of life: money, education, health care, and housing. The difference between the two is that Republicans feel that if you don’t have money, or an education, or good health…
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When Justice Alito was in Rome the other week to partake in the Church’s Jubilee, he noted several cases that have come before the Supreme Court. One allowed parents with religious objections to withdraw their children from classes when storybooks with LGBTQ themes were discussed. There is no question that today the Catholic Church does…
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