Category: American Culture
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Of all the unfortunate results of the 2016 campaign and election, perhaps the worst is that the divisive identity politics pursued by both parties resulted in a loss of any feeling that we are one people, one country. Instead, post-election there are two opposing camps at war; so many angry voices, so much vilification on both…
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We learn that life is a struggle between the forces of light and darkness. Buddhism sees the conflict as between your heart and your ego-mind. In Christianity, it’s between God and the Devil. Many holy men have taught that there can be no light without darkness, without first suffering you cannot learn how to free yourself from…
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In an earlier post of mine, “Urban Ghetto Violence Is Not Caused by a Failure of the Black Community,” I argued that while many, especially Republicans, criticize Blacks for the violence in the urban ghetto community, that causal connection is false. It is not a function of Black culture. It is instead the product of poverty and…
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The functioning of a healthy democracy and society requires that all members of that society feel a part of it. They can have complaints, arguments, but they need to still feel part of it. There are several things that indicate I believe that we don’t have a healthy democracy at this point in our history. …
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A recent article in The New Yorker, “Rage Against the Machine,” commenting on several recent books about the future of robotic automation, shows clearly the disaster – massive unemployment – that will be created by this technology in the next 10-20 years due to the unending desire of corporations to increase profits by reducing labor costs…
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This is not going to be one of those regularly heard messages about how Christmas has become so commercialized that the true meaning of Christmas, celebrating the birth of Christ, is almost an afterthought. You know the saying, “Every day should be like Christmas?” While that is taken by some to mean that we should…
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For the next 4 years, you will be carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. All the suffering, all the conflicts, all the madness will come before you in some form or other for your leadership decision as President. People and nations will look to you to make the right decisions for our country and…
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Millions of disheartened people across the country and many organizations are trying to figure out how to respond to the recent election. The common denominator for most seems to be anger. Some want to protest. Some seek to prevent Democrats in Congress from working with Trump in any way, regardless the worth of the project.…
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The question for you on Tuesday is: do you vote for Donald Trump because he’s the Republican candidate and just hold your nose, or do you vote for Hilary Clinton because, although she’s a Democrat and a disliked Clinton at that, her presidency would clearly be in the better interest of the country than a Trump…
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Much has been written and spoken about the problem of increased income inequality in this country. It has caused huge distress in the lives of many people and has weakened the social fabric of our society. But there is another type of inequality which is just as prevalent and perhaps even more devastating … the…
