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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Even before Trump’s actions against DEI, many in the academic community and elsewhere felt for some time that DEI had taken an unintended turn. What was meant to provide support—in jobs, education, grants, and other ways—to those groups who historically and currently have suffered from discrimination, became for others a sign of exclusion because…
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I live in semi-rural Maine, in what’s called Mid-Coast, not the vast interior hinterlands. This is Trump country. Before the election, Trump banners, signs, constructions, icons, and of course the American flag, were everywhere. What has surprised and disheartened me is that after 3 months in office, wreaking havoc on the country, doing nothing that helps the…
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Artistic culture has a role to play in society, historically. Whether it was art, plays (e.g. Shakespeare), or music, the function of art was to lift the souls or lighten the hearts not just of the well-to-do but also the common man. And so, until recent times, there were always a decent number of affordable…
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It’s no secret that for many ambitious people in our culture, it’s all about obtaining as much money and power as possible. And people do all sorts of unethical or questionable things in order to gain money and power. This is nothing new. But in any dictatorship, you have an added factor thrown in. You have a leader…
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I wrote a post on October 7, 2024 noting an analogy between the state of Germany and Germans in the 1920s that facilitated Hitler’s rise to power as well as Hitler’s propaganda tactics and that of the United States and Trump. There is another unfortunate analogy that must be pointed out. Hitler became all-powerful with the…
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There is a lot of finger pointing going on in the Democratic Party. But the lesson to be learned from this election is rather simple: when you know something is a problem, you must deal with it in an effective manner. Problem #1: Trump and most people connected the Vice President with the actions/record of the unpopular Biden…
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Elections in the United States have always been fraught with much emotion. And in the early days of the country there were plenty of shenanigans on the part of politicians running for office. But when it came to higher office, especially the president, people expected candidates to be men of character. Regardless of the policies…
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In the recent Supreme Court hearing of arguments for and against Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution, three of the conservative judges – Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavenaugh – put forth questions/arguments which were almost ludicrous in their lack of relevance to the issue at hand. These three conservative judges basically said that a president…
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Prior to WWII, towns and cities were designed the old-fashioned way. The city founder or leadership laid out the streets and, increasingly after the early 1900s, created zoning to control what was built where. Even suburbs started in the same way, as small, self-contained towns on the outskirts of a city. After WWII, with the…
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Today, we, meaning the United States, commonly use the following categories to classify a person’s race, both in the census as well as countless documents: white, black or African American, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, or Pacific Islander. There is a separate question that identifies someone as Latino or non-Latino, since one can be Latino…
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