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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Over the past three decades this country has experienced rapid growth in income inequality. While the incomes of those in the top 5% have increased exponentially, especially during the past decade, the inflation-adjusted income of production and non-supervisory workers has actually decreased. The 2010 census found the number of Americans living in poverty to be…
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I have not written a post for many months. The reason being that I found I was talking about the same small set of issues over and over again because that’s where we were stuck as a nation. Having nothing new to say, I said nothing. But now the time has come for the current…
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I’m referring to a recent report about the Oregon National Primate Research Center’s experiments with obese monkeys. Basically, they have created couch-potato obese monkeys on which to test various products and procedures designed to fight obesity in humans. Now, I am not categorically against using animals for research purposes. There are instances where the issue…
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As much as I respect and admire David Brooks, he got it wrong this time. In his March 10 op-ed piece, “The Modesty Manifesto,” he notes how we have turned into a culture of self-aggrandizement. How we have become a society of individuals who think they are special and that they are entitled to things,…
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Chief Justice Roberts was right when he wrote in yesterday’s opinion protecting the speech of protestors at a military funeral that “debate on public issues should be robust, uninhibited and wide-open.” However, the particular speech in this case that he and the seven concurring justices ruled was protected by the 1st Amendment consisted of, “God Hates…
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Why is the lack of ethics so prevalent in American life at all levels? The financial crisis and the Deep Horizon oil spill have revealed once again an all-too-familiar pattern in American business and government. Corporations take actions, even risky ones, without regard for the potential negative impact on the public, and government regulators who…
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Life for American Muslims has gotten more difficult in the wake of the Islamophobia that has swept across the land since last August’s “Ground Zero mosque” demonstrations. Case in point: the Orange County, CA District Attorney recently filed criminal misdemeanor charges against Muslim students for disturbing a public meeting and conspiring to do so. A…
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There has been much talk recently about whether people can be held accountable for violence if their words didn’t actually incite the violence, but created a climate of hatred and fear that fostered the violence. Hate speech is without question toxic. From a legal perspective, certainly they cannot be held responsible. However, are they morally…
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This I believe … believe in a child, and the child will believe in itself. Listen to a child, and you will be able to help solve its problems For 10 years, I tutored at-risk children one-on-one at a local elementary school in a small town in Michigan. These were children who were not…
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