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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In my writings, I often refer to this iconic phrase from the Declaration of Independence – together with its companion language setting forth our unalienable rights and the statement that government’s purpose is to secure those rights – as the touchstone against which all acts of our government should be judged. Yet this very phrase,…
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In my previous post, “Changing Free Will from a Harmful Illusion to a Life-Affirming Fact,” I argued that we are programmed by our learned experience to act, and react, in certain ways and thus do not have free will in the way that term is normally understood. But, if we were properly nurtured, even as adults,…
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Underlying many of the social systems and moral perspectives that govern our society is the concept of free will. Whether stated as the ability to know right from wrong or whether it’s the belief that anyone can pick themselves up by their bootstraps, our system of laws, both criminal and civil, and government’s approach to helping…
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As told in Genesis, in the paradise that God created, man and woman were naked, but they were not embarrassed by their nakedness and they were one with all things. The only thing forbidden to them was to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. They lived in a world…
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When Hilary Clinton wrote her book, It Takes a Village to Raise a Child, there were many, especially on the right, who ridiculed her for making this statement. Bob Dole in his 1996 presidential nomination acceptance speech said that it doesn’t take a village, it takes a family to raise a child. But this ancient African proverb…
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What is the function of a public school system? Generally, people would say that the function of a school is to teach children the practical skills they will need in order to maximize their opportunities in their work lives … as one used to say, the three “R’s”: reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic. And while that…
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In my previous post, “Rethinking Criminal Justice in a Civilized Society,” I argued that if a crime does not warrant the death penalty, then rehabilitation should be the predominant motivator in sentencing and its execution, not retribution, not punishment. Prisons today are merely modern-day dungeons with a prettier face. No longer do inmates have to…
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When someone is convicted of a crime in our society, the operative focus in sentencing is typically punishment/retribution and that focus is carried out within the prison setting. The one slight exception to this regards the death penalty. Many states no longer impose the death penalty regardless of the severity of the crime, In a…
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During this holiday season, I think it timely to address a fundamental problem in the development of human societies … the us v them mentality. People band together in groups, whether formally or informally, because they feel something in common and want to be part of a group, not alone, often to increase their feeling…
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Hate speech is defined as “speech that attacks and is an incitement to hatred of a person or group on the basis of race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.” Hate speech is not a rational discussion of the pros and cons of a group’s values or actions. It is targeted solely at the listener’s emotions.…
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