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 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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We read in the papers about the rising rate of suicide and other emotional problems among teenagers. People point to societal causes to explain what is happening, but while those factors have an effect, that is not the real problem. We have seen articles questioning the role of parents in mass shootings. These articles focus…
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Throughout all of man’s development, there have always been frontiers, places either geographic or intellectual, where an individual could go to grow, to make a new person of himself, to make his fortune – places where anything was possible because it was an open book, man had not been there or done that before For…
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Is there no end to the mendacity of Republican Party leaders; have they no shame? We’ve heard them labeling real news, “fake” news, whereas it is their news which is fake. We’ve heard their claims that the 2020 election was stolen by fraud, whereas they are the ones who have perpetuated fraud in an attempt to steal…
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Why is our society, our world, ignoring the warnings of climate change, destroying our environment, creating ever-larger inequality even as more people are lifted out of poverty? Why is it that the U.S. middle class, which used to be such a strong, vibrant element of our society, has become weak and stagnant? The reason for…
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We as a society/culture are very future-oriented. Why? Because we feel the future holds the promise of having better lives, often through advances in science and technology. This perspective was boldly stated 50-60 years ago by companies such as DuPont, “Better living through chemistry,” and General Electric, “Progress is our most important product.” The common…
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Where is Trump when you need him? Did I really say that? Unfortunately, yes. There is only one person who could convince most of the rest of the country to get vaccinated – Trump. If he came out with a strong PSA, stressing his role in getting the vaccines developed and approved ASAP to stop the…
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Most of the country – both governments and people – has diddled over the course of the last 17 months while the virus has taken its toll, surged again, taken its toll, and surged again. With the availability of effective vaccines last January (I hate to say it, but thanks to Trump’s urgency), we all…
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