Preserving American Values
Our nation stands under attack … not from without but from within. American values, our politics, and our culture have been corrupted.
- American Culture (169)
- Foreign Policy (32)
- Modern Man (20)
- Politics (210)
- Racism (22)
- Religion (26)
- The Economy (50)
- The Trump Factor (110)
- Uncategorized (3)
recent posts
about
Category: American Culture
-
It may seem insignificant or self-indulgent in the era of Trumpism and the pandemic, but I mourn the loss of gay neighborhoods. Across the country, whether in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, or San Francisco, and I’ve read also around the world, the vibrant gay neighborhoods (“ghettos”) that provided shelter (in the broadest sense), nourishment, and…
-
For the first 200 years of its existence, America’s towns were more or less self-sufficient. Yes, they brought in goods that were manufactured in other cities or states, but the fabric of the daily economy was all local. Even as late as the 1950s, you bought all of the goods you needed in local stores…
-
It doesn’t matter what company you call these days (or actually for some time already) the standard message you get is that due to unexpected high call volume your wait-time will be longer than usual. There are several aspects of this statement which are mendacious, an outright lie. First, the call volume is not unexpected; it…
-
Over the next few months, Facebook’s Oversight Board of thinkers from around the world will decide whether Facebook’s ban on Trump should stand or whether he should be let back on. Academic free speech advocates are already suggesting that the Board may well be more responsive to free speech concerns and reinstate Trump. And they are clearly…
-
One of Trump’s last acts as President was releasing the report of his 1776 Commission, members of which included no professional historians but did include right-wing conservative activists and “thinkers.” It’s no surprise therefore that just as Trump legitimized his fake news, his alternative facts, by calling the authentic mainstream news fake news, this report…
-
For weeks, Trump has been absorbed in his own reality – that he won by a landslide but that it was stolen from him by fraud; that the election was rigged. And his allies have mostly stood behind him and either supported his efforts to overturn the results of the election or actively encouraged…
-
During the election, there were times when I shuddered in fear. I read of roving gangs, for that’s what they were, of Trump supporters in cars and trucks stopping traffic on the Garden State Parkway, the Mario Cuomo bridge over the Hudson, various highways crisscrossing the New York City region, and trying to force a Biden-Harris…
-
People on the Right/MAGA are always talking about their rights and how the government is taking away their rights. Whether it’s the issue of gun ownership or restriction of movement during the pandemic, people on the Right don’t seem to understand what it means to be a citizen of the United States. Yes, we have…
-
Several weeks ago, I wrote a post about the need for a national health policy regarding the pandemic. Obviously that hasn’t happened. As the President and state governors have been talking about slowly opening up the economy again, stepping back from the restrictions on people’s movements, and in a few cases taken such action, I need…
-
As the percentage increase in new cases and deaths starts to decrease in some cities, I like many people have been heartened and have seen the numbers as an indication of the light at the end of the tunnel. But today I realized why that is probably an illusion. I live in an area of…
Preserving American Values 