Preserving American Values

Our nation stands under attack … not from without, but from within. Both our politics and our culture have been corrupted.

Showing posts with label consumerism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label consumerism. Show all posts
Monday, January 20, 2020

Why Do People Put Up With Our Economic System?

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Income inequality in the United States is well documented.   Looking at the top 1% of the population … whether it’s high-flying co...
Sunday, December 25, 2016

Taking the Sham Out of Christmas

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This is not going to be one of those regularly heard messages about how Christmas has become so commercialized that the true meaning of Chr...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

How Faith in Consumerism/Technology Replaced Faith in God

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A friend of mine said once that whenever anyone walked through the doors of our Buddhist temple, it was because they were suffering and the...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Our Culture Is the Serpent in the Garden of Eden

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As told in Genesis, in the paradise that God created, man and woman were naked, but they were not embarrassed by their nakedness and they we...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Modern Man Enslaved

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We live in an era of unprecedented freedom ... of speech, of travel, of work, of intellectual and creative endeavor, of where we live, to n...
Friday, November 4, 2011

Strengthening America by Changing from a Consumer Economy to a Nation-Building Economy

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While our culture of consumerism has been a boon to corporate America, it has been bad for our citizens, bad for our economy and bad for ...
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Author: We Still Hold These Truths. Blog: ThePracticalBuddhist.com. Author: various books on Buddhist practice. Author: Raising a Happy Child. A graduate of the U. of Chicago Law School, I have had a varied career teaching law, practicing law, and as an executive for law-related nonprofit organizations. I have been a survey researcher. I have been a consultant to nonprofits regarding management matters. In retirement, I have worked with at-risk children in pubic schools.
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