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: Racism

  • More Proof That the Problems of Inner Cities Are Not Caused by Black Culture

    In an earlier post of mine, “Urban Ghetto Violence Is Not Caused by a Failure of the Black Community,” I argued that while many, especially Republicans, criticize Blacks for the violence in the urban ghetto community, that causal connection is false.  It is not a function of Black culture.  It is instead the product of poverty and…

  • Urban Ghetto Violence Is Not Caused by a Failure of the Black Community

    There are many, especially Republicans, who criticize Blacks for the violence in the urban ghetto, which mostly falls on themselves. The point is either made or implied that it has something to do with Black culture, that it is a failing of Black mothers to raise their children properly, or that there are too few…

  • The Mirage of Civil Rights

    It is not uncommon for White people, especially Republicans, to ask what Black people and other people of color are complaining about. “They have all the civil rights of Whites, and even had advantages vis a vis Whites when affirmative action was a major component. If they’re still living in less than desirable conditions or…