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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Websites: www.westillholdthesetruths.weebly.com; www.preservingamericanvalues.com; www.thepracticalbuddhist.com. A graduate of Brown U. and U. of Chicago Law School, I’ve had a varied career as a legal aid lawyer, survey researcher, nonprofit executive, management consultant, composer, teacher, and author. I have authored 7 books on topics as varied as Buddhism, child rearing, and politics, the latter of which received a pre-publication endorsement from James Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic. My Buddhist blog was selected as one of the top 50 Buddhist blogs on the web.

Category: Modern Man

  • Young Adults Worldwide Are Not Flourishing

    The New York Times recently reported on a study conducted in 20 countries around the world of 200,000 people that found that young adults, ages 18-29, were struggling with their physical and mental health, their perceptions of their own character, finding meaning in life, the quality of their relationships and their financial security.   This…

  • Mankind – A Greek Tragedy

    The political events of this past year and the results of the election this week gave me pause to reflect on man. How do I reflect on man? I am a man of faith: faith in the universe, god, Buddha. What does that mean? I have faith that things are the way they are because…

  • Man – The Agent of Disharmony

    The natural world, the product of the miracle that is the universe, is a model of harmony. There is not one element of it that is not symbiotic with another. Yes, there is violence in nature, both in the animal world and in other aspects of nature, but it is all part of the balance…

  • Fear v Faith, and Why I Am Taking a Hiatus From Blogging

    If you’ve been reading this blog, you will be aware that spiritual practice is an essential part of my life as I observe the state of the world and comment on it.   I watched a powerful video recently in which Latoya Okela taught that the spiritual struggle comes down to fear v faith.   And that fear…

  • Man Is Not Wired for the World He Has Created

    Why is man so beset with the ravages of insecurity and fear? This lack of a feeling of security and the endless competition of modern life has left man unable to experience any peace with himself. One may point to those with strong egos as being an exception, but in reality those who exhibit a…

  • Coronavirus Became a Pandemic Because of Man’s Hubris and Man’s Lack of Individual Responsibility

    As the New Year began, the first cases of coronavirus were reported in China. Three months later, it is in the process of ravaging countries around the globe and creating economic havoc. We are once again reminded of the power of natural forces and of man’s grandiosity in thinking that it doesn’t have to take…

  • Existential Inequality – To Abide in Peace or Not

    There has been much focus on the glaring income inequality in the U.S.  On the immorality of some people having so much, more than they could ever possibly make use of, while so many people have so little, not being able to make ends meet, homeless, even while working, while many others barely keep their heads…

  • Your Wounded Inner Child Is Alive and Well

    Recently, doing research into the inner child, I learned that our wounded inner child is the avatar of our ego-mind. That the wounded inner child is thus very much alive in our adult selves. So when we react with our emotions, when we see things through the filter of our ego-mind, it is not the…

  • Scientists Were Asleep at the Wheel

    During the ongoing debate about the nature of climate change, I had assumed, as I’m sure most others have, that the revelation both regarding the extent of climate change and the cause of that change being greenhouse gases was relatively recent.  I certainly never remember the subject being raised before the 90s. I was shocked therefore…

  • Ever Wonder Why the World Is the Way It Is?

    We live in a dysfunctional world. Violence and conflict are all around us … within ourselves, within families, within societies, between nations. How often do I hear people asking, “Why?” The typical answer is some version of, “That’s just life,” or “It’s human nature.” But that’s too easy and facile an answer. The truth is…