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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Everyone … well almost everyone … agrees that the United States’ budget deficit is something that must be addressed now if we want to maintain the financial stability of this country. And everyone also agrees that given the size of the projected deficits, the net reduction on a yearly basis needs to be huge. Three…
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I don’t know how the Republicans get away with it. In the budget cutting debates, they keep saying that people must sacrifice because the situation is so serious. That statement is fine in the abstract. But why is it that all the sacrifice that they are proposing is going to come from workers and the…
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From the outset of his administration, President Obama has clearly and forcefully stood against Israel’s settlement policy. In his Cairo speech he said, “The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements. This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace.” Yesterday though the United States vetoed a U.N. Security…
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If ever there was a time for the silent majority to rise up and let itself be heard, it is now. The loudest group in the United States over the past two years has been the Tea Party. Through its concerted activism it has managed to change the complexion of contemporary American politics. It enlarged…
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Life for American Muslims has gotten more difficult in the wake of the Islamophobia that has swept across the land since last August’s “Ground Zero mosque” demonstrations. Case in point: the Orange County, CA District Attorney recently filed criminal misdemeanor charges against Muslim students for disturbing a public meeting and conspiring to do so. A…
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The Republicans are moving forward in their opposition to climate change. As the New York Times reported recently, the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives will push legislation stating that the EPA does not have authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act. They have already done away with the House subcommittee…
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Republicans are out to prove that indeed you can fool some of the people all of the time. Republicans say they are out to cut the deficit. Now, all studies on cutting the deficit have said a combination of spending cuts … across all areas, including defense and entitlements … and tax increases will be…
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Once again, American foreign policy finds itself behind the curve of events, supporting the status quo while urging reform, supporting a repressive establishment against the interests of the people. American foreign policy has always been pragmatic, and indeed, it must be. At its core, however, our foreign policy should be consistent with the principles this…
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“Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?” With those words, an Army lawyer took Senator Joe McCarthy to task and helped end McCarthy’s destructive un-American witch-hunt. The time has come to say the same to the Rush Limbaughs and Sarah Palins of the chattering class and stop their vile perversion of our…
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In 2000, Katherine Harris was both the Chair of George Bush’s campaign in Florida and as Florida’s Secretary of State, the person responsible for supervising the election process and insuring its integrity. Likewise in 2004, J. Kenneth Blackwell was both Chair of George Bush’s campaign in Ohio and that state’s Secretary of State. The conflict…
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