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 his ceaseless quest for “progress,” man is creating an environment which is ever more inhospitable to man. Many would call this statement an oxymoron. The general wisdom is that progress makes our lives better, as embodied by the old DuPort slogan, “Better living through chemistry.” Unfortunately the general wisdom, while in part undeniably true,…
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It may be, and probably is, futile to speak out against war, but futile or not, one must. And the time to speak out against it is not when whether to go to war or not is the burning question of the day; by then it’s likely to be too late. It is when things…
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The other night, I attended a wonderful chamber music concert at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. On the program were various pieces stretching from Haydn to Webern, so from roughly 1780 – 1905, and one contemporary piece from 2014. Listening to those pieces in juxtaposition revealed what ails the contemporary world. The purpose of art,…
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In my previous post, “Changing Free Will from a Harmful Illusion to a Life-Affirming Fact,” I argued that we are programmed by our learned experience to act, and react, in certain ways and thus do not have free will in the way that term is normally understood. But, if we were properly nurtured, even as adults,…
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Throughout the ages, man in “civilized” societies has felt that he is superior to all other elements on this planet. Man to put it mildly has been very full of himself when it comes to his place in the scheme of things. Western man (which is to say followers of the Judeo-Christian tradition) even saw himself as…
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We live in an era of unprecedented freedom – of speech, of travel, of work, of intellectual and creative endeavor, of where we live – to name just a few. And we live in a nation that has experienced great upward mobility over the past century. And yet, whether rich or poor, professional or working…
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In the aftermath of the massacre at Newtown, CT, most of the discussion has centered around how to lessen the risk of such events happening through better gun control measures, including improved databases to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally disturbed. While these are important measures that need to be taken, they…
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Our democracy and the right of free speech is based on the value the founding fathers placed on differing opinions. It is by the airing of differing opinions that people are either persuaded or not, or a compromise is found which while not giving either side everything it wanted provides a way for each side to feel…
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The cornerstone of our democracy, of our constitution and its Bill of Rights, is the principle stated in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal and are endowed with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness … That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among…
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