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: The Trump Factor

  • The Amorality of Donald Trump

    The recent frantic efforts by President Trump to have the Republican-controlled House pass a health care measure that repeals Obamacare, regardless what the nature of that legislation was, reveals the absolute amorality of Donald Trump. After the initial Republican legislation didn’t proceed to a vote because it didn’t have enough support among Republicans, Trump was…

  • Where Is Trumpgate’s Howard Dean?

    Here are the basic facts as we know them at this time.   1.  The Russian government, either directly or through surrogates, made numerous efforts to degrade Hillary Clinton in the eyes of the public and so swing the election to Donald Trump.  These efforts included not just the hacking and release of DNC emails, but…

  • Friedman Is Trump’s Most Dangerous Pick Yet

    Trump’s selection of David Friedman as U.S. Ambassador to Israel is his most dangerous to America’s national security interests to date. His other appointees may be against the very agencies they have been selected to head or cozy with the Russians, but the damage they can cause is of a limited nature and can mostly…

  • An Open Letter to President-elect Trump And the American People

    For the next 4 years, you will be carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.  All the suffering, all the conflicts, all the madness will come before you in some form or other for your leadership decision as President.  People and nations will look to you to make the right decisions for our country and…