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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Yesterday was my 75th birthday. Usually I treat my birthdays just like any other day, although a cause for some celebration. I have always felt good about birthdays, as opposed to the way many people feel. I’ve never felt myself “growing old” and fearing the future. But at 75 years, it does seem to warrant…
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These have been years that try men’s souls. Dysfunction and inhumanity have always been abroad to a greater or lesser extent. But these last two years under President Trump have been especially difficult. Yes, come January the Democrats will be in control of the House. But while that portends some policy changes that will be…
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Many people would look at the phrase “understanding rage” as an oxymoron. To them rage is irrational. It’s craziness. And because it’s not a rational state, it cannot be understood, that is, there is no rational explanation. It’s true that there is no reasoning with rage. The rational forces of democracy are not only helpless…
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Lotteries were begun to meet the funding needs of state governments, mainly in the area of education. That narrow focus, meeting state funding needs, continues to be the objective. It is past time to broaden the focus to one that includes improving the financial wherewithal of as many people as possible, thus providing a greater boost…
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With the current president in office and the dysfunctional political climate in the country, it would be easy to focus on nothing but our current problems and how to move the country back to a state of sanity and rationality. While that is of utmost importance and so must consume much of our time and…
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July 4th … Independence Day … is fraught with symbolism. It’s the beginning of American exceptionalism, the beginning of America taking its place on the world’s stage, the beginning of freedom and prosperity for Americans. There is no question that 1776 marked the beginning of America’s feeling that it was exceptional and that its moral…
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First what does it mean to be poor? It turns out that’s not as simple to answer as one might think. Doing research I found that “poor” means different things to different people. Some definitions seem to be rooted in the old institution of the poorhouse, which was a home for paupers. Poorhouses continued to…
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Most of the major conflicts in the world over the last 1500 years have either been a result of religious intolerance or were supported by religious authority. This makes it the #1 cause or abetter of death and misery at the hands of man. Religion has also been central to the neurotic suffering of man, his lack…
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In The New York Times, May 19, there was a graphic showing how many mass shootings there have been each month since January 2013. They defined mass shooting as a single event in which 4 or more people are injured or killed. I was shocked. The lowest number of mass shootings in a month was 11; the highest…
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As I’ve traveled this past year, spending time in a variety of places, I’ve discovered that Airbnb is having a very harmful impact on both the availability and affordability of housing stock in both cities and small towns. Yearly rents are going up because there are fewer apartments or houses available to rent, as owners…
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