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: Politics

  • Open Letter to Justice Roberts: Partisan Gerrymandering Is Unconstitutional

    The Supreme Court in holding that partisan gerrymandering is permissible—unless it “goes too far”—stated that the argument made against this practice based on the Court’s “one person, one vote” doctrine didn’t work because the cases that developed that doctrine were about insuring that each vote had an equal weight. The Court reasoned that after redistricting,…

  • The Mendacity of Justice Thomas

    TIn a recent televised address, Justice Thomas said that the values enshrined in the 1776 Declaration of Independence have “fallen out of favor” among Americans — a trend perpetrated, he argued, by “intellectuals” and the nation’s colleges and universities. Specifically he said that many people no longer believe “all men are created equal” and deserving of…

  • After the Court’s Voting Rights Decision – How to Protect Black-Majority Districts

    The Supreme Court recently ruled that Louisiana violated the Constitution in creating a new Black-majority voting district. This was after a Federal court had ruled that the previous map, by packing Blacks all in one district, diluted their votes, which violated the Voting Rights Act. The question is what impact the decision in Louisiana v…

  • Winning the Rural Vote: A New Approach for the Democratic Party – How to Talk about Guns, Abortion, American Identity, and Religion

    The Democratic Party cannot win in rural areas without clarifying—not changing—its position on the cultural issues that are so important in rural areas across the country.  The reason why people in these areas consistently vote Republican and thus against their best economic interests, is because these cultural issues are more important to them. Thus Democrats’…

  • A Lesson on “Matters of Morality” for the Vice President

    The Vice President has stepped into the fray between the President and Pope Leo.  For those of you who have not been following this, Pope Leo has been critical of various things that Trump has said regarding his war with Iran, including his statement that he was ready to wipe out the civilization.  In response,…

  • Trump’s Delusion of Grandeur Knows No Bounds

    There has been no shortage of evidence of Trump’s grandiosity.  See my article, “Trump, The Poster Child of a Megalogamiac.” But now comes new evidence of his delusion of grandeur that is even worse. Recently, on his Truth Social media account, he posted an AI generated image of himself as Jesus healing the sick, apparently…

  • Trump’s Desecration of the Flag

    Since Trump and his followers make such a show of honoring the flag, how can I say that he desecrates the flag? The answer comes from the Pledge of Allegiance itself, which clearly states the meaning of the flag.  Republicans recite the pledge at every gathering and many Trump supporters fly the flag outside their…

  • More Trump Lies, More Fabrication

    There is no end to the fake news that comes from Trump’s mouth or his social media.  Whether he knows he’s lying or whether it his alternate reality (see my post, “XXX”) it really makes no difference. This week, he had the audacity to say 1) the talks with the Iranians are going well, and…

  • Who Decides Whether America Goes to War?

    Because taking our country into war has the potential if not the likelihood, even in modern warfare, of costing the bodies and lives of American soldiers as well as disrupting the economy, this is an important question.  The Constitution is the guide to answering this question. The Constitution clearly states that Congress has the power…

  • AI – Its Use, Misuse, and Regulation

    There has been no shortage of articles hailing the opportunity of AI and ones forecasting disaster from AI. I understand the good uses to which AI could be put, but I am also well aware of the ways in which AI is dangerous or will denigrate our lives as thinking human beings. First, the good…