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

  • URGENT: What Democrats Must Do to Win the Midterm Elections

    This election so far is all about Trump: the news revolves around him; voters are either in thrall to him, disappointed, or disgusted by him; MAGA Republicans appeal to the Republican base through their unflinching loyalty to Trump.  That the election is all about Trump sounds like good news for Democrats. Trump’s approval rating is…

  • Can the Democratic Party Still Lead?

    During the 20th century and for the first part of the 21st, the Democratic Party certainly led the nation in advancing the cause of equality and the ability of people to pursue their right to life, liberty, and happiness. At the same time, they led the nation by increasing its military might and advancing its…

  • Just What Is a Socialist?

    Gertrude Stein famously wrote, “A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.,” meaning everyone knows what a rose is.  The same cannot be said of a Socialist.  There are many Democratic politicians who proudly call themselves Socialists or Democratic Socialists, and there are many adversaries who brand those individuals as Socialists. Both…

  • Centrist Democrats’ New “Promise to America.” Ho-Hum.

    Centrist Democratic politicians, upset by the wins of Democratic Socialists in the recent primaries, have issued a statement of their convictions.  Called “The Promise to America,” it sounds good, responding to many of the problems we face. But they are empty promises, even if well-meant. How can I say that? First, Democrats have been saying…

  • The Trillionaire and the Homeless Person

    There have always been and there will always be rich people and poor people. That is inherent in the nature of man in non-collective societies.  But while our Founding Fathers—in particular John Adams—recognized that nature is filled with examples of inequalities in man’s material possessions as well as in his mental and physical attributes—and that’s…

  • Lost Boys – What Is the Role of a Man in Today’s Society?

    From a Liberal, Democratic Perspective A recent New York Times article stated that young males who provided an important swing vote for Trump in 2024 are discouraged by what Trump has done and not done while in office. But they nevertheless are not particularly inclined to vote Democratic because they don’t see the Party as…

  • People Are Hurting – America Needs to Return to Our Founding Principles

    There are many ways in which our country is currently struggling, both from a government perspective and from the people’s perspective. There is no shortage of articles or studies detailing the ways in which the country and its leaders are failing us. A recent article by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times, discussed the…

  • The Elephant in the DNC’s 2024 Election Report

    And no, I don’t mean the Republican elephant.  I mean the elephant in the room that is being ignored. The DNC’s 2024 Election Report fails to even note what I consider to be a major failure by the Party—the elephant in the Democratic Party’s room—not just of the Harris campaign, but of all Democratic campaigns…

  • 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…