Values-in-Action Co-Founder, CEO and Purple America Founder Stuart Muszynski posts a regular blog on the Huffington Post. The blog’s point of view is based on connecting and discussing America’s core values with current and past on goings in categories such as news, entertainment, finance and more. It continues to be an excellent tool to spread the word about Purple America while encouraging Americans to reflect and live by their shared values.

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See below for an up-to-date list of blog entries. 

 

As Americans, We’re Similar. We Bleed Red and Lean Purple - December 8, 2017

 

This Thanksgiving, Whose Values are “Values Voters” Voting? - November 21, 2017

 

Going Beyond America’s Kindness Cues Can Make Us Better - September 20, 2017

 

Hire on Competence, Fire on Character: A Timely Lesson for Our Times - August 2, 2017

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Colleges Have a Responsibility to Teach Civility, Responsibility and Respect - June 6, 2017

 

United Behind Doing the Right Thing - Posted April 21, 2017

 

Is the Golden Rule Still Alive and Well in America? - Posted February 28, 2017

 

Truth, Fact, Fiction or Propaganda: Who Can We Believe in this Era of Incivility? - Posted February 2, 2017

 

Welcome To The ‘Grating’ Of America, A New Era Of Incivility - Posted January 3, 2017

 

Move Beyond The Election To Embrace Kindness And Respect - Posted November 23, 2016

 

If We Want A Civil America, Teachers Must Take The Lead - Posted November 9, 2016

 

Character vs. Competence: The Perennial Challenge to Business, Athletes And Us - Posted September 16, 2016

 

Beyond The Purple Tent: Make America Civil Again - Posted August 8, 2016

 

Live From The RNC Convention: Civility Trumps Conflict In The Purple Tent - Posted July 15, 2016

 

Taking Back The United States Of Civility - Posted June 27, 2016

 

Remembering the Values Our Vets Fought For - Posted June 1, 2016

 

The Rules of the Game - Are There Any? - Posted April 13, 2016

 

Negativity Breeds Negativity, Positivity Breeds Positivity - Posted March 14, 2016

 

Donald Trump: America's Golden Calf? - Posted February 29, 2016

 

When Principled Leaders Ignore Principles, America Suffers - Posted Febuary 16, 2016

 

Defending New York Values, Moving Forward as a Nation - Posted January 25, 2016

 

Political Correctness Really Does Work -- in Politics, Marriage and Life - Posted January 12, 2015

 

The Unintended Silver Lining of Donald Trump - Posted December 14, 2015

 

My Head Tells Me to Fear the Refugees, My Heart Tells Me to Love Them - Posted November 22, 2015

 

Is Bully Journalism Here to Stay? - Posted November 10, 2015

 

Report from Purple America: Hillary Clinton Tops Values Meter In First Democratic Debate -

Posted October 22, 2015

 

The Religious and Gay Marriage Can Co-exist Within America's Shared Values - Posted September 11, 2015

 

Report From Purple America: Donald Trump, Anger and the Diminishment of the American Dream

Posted August 26, 2015

Report from Purple America: Can the Top 'Values Candidates' Predict Who Will Be the Next President? - Posted August 10, 2015

Seeing a Community of Values Through the Lens of the Brelo Verdict - Posted June 1, 2015

If I Were a Black Man - Posted April 30, 2015

In a City of 'Good People,' How Can 'Selma' Happen? - Posted March 17, 2015

Is Media the Problem? The Giuliani Story That Never Should Have Been - Posted February 24, 2015

 

Je Suis Charlie, but Can We Have a World of Respect? - Posted January 31, 2015

 

Living With Courage in a World of Bullies - Posted January 6, 2015

 

When Police Violate Our Values, 'Ferguson' Happens - Posted December 17, 2014

If Life Is a Game, What Are the Rules? - Posted November 21, 2014

Who Will Be the Next School Shooter? - Posted October 27, 2014

Every Company Can and Should Replicate CVS' Social Good - Posted September 17, 2014

Why is Customer Disservice Becoming the Norm and What Can We Do About It? - Posted September 2, 2014

We Need More Teens to Turn Out Like LeBron - Posted July 28, 2014

50 Years After the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Are We Yet a Nation of Character? - Posted July 2, 2014

Why Do We Put Up With Obnoxious People? - Posted June 19, 2014

Celebrating Nosy Neighbors - Posted June 3, 2014

Adam Silver: Protector of America Values - Posted May 5, 2014

I'm Ashamed to Admit It, But I Like 'House of Cards,' Violence and More - Posted April 10,2014

Toyota, GM and the Big 'Values' Blowout - Posted March 24, 2014

CVS: A Prescription to Do the Right Thing - Posted March 4, 2014

 

How the '12th Man' Can Transform America - Posted February 10, 2014

 

Chris Christie, 'Bridgegate' and a Question of Values - Posted January 22, 2014

 

Government Can Learn a Few Lessons About Forgiveness - Posted December 11, 2013

 

Grateful for the Lemons Life Gives Us - Posted November 25, 2013

 

Incognito, Martin and the 'Rules of the Game' - Posted November 11, 2013

 

Beyond the Bully: Restoring Civility to America's Schools - Posted October 30, 2013

 

Are We Teaching Our Children to Cheat? - Posted October 10, 2013

 

Syria: A Question of Balancing America's Values - Posted September 3, 2013

 

Time for a New Dream?  - Posted August 23, 2013

 

How Can We Raise Teens of Character? - Posted August 7, 2013

 

Can Trayvon Martin Be a New Tipping Point in the War Against Racism? - Posted July 15, 2013

 

Can We Forgive Paula Deen? - Posted July 3, 2013

 

Celebrating the 'Soft Stuff' - Posted June 21, 2013

 

If They Believe, Even the Most Disadvantaged Children Can Achieve - Posted June 5, 2013

 

Does the IRS Have a Values Problem? - Posted May 22, 2013

 

Does Hate Live Among Us? - Posted May 8, 2013

 

When the World Is Going Crazy, Where Is Superman? - Posted April 19, 2013

 

If You Were Dying, Would Anybody Help? - Posted March 19, 2013

 

Does Washington Need a Real Code of Conduct? - Posted March 4, 2013

 

Rape Is Rape, Wrong Is Wrong, Where Is Decency? - Posted February 19, 2013

 

Lance Armstrong, MLK, America and the Rules of the Game - Posted January 22, 2013

 

​America's Values Cliff More Troubling Than the Fiscal Cliff - Posted December 27, 2012



Newtown Shows Us that Love is Our Common Ground - Posted December 18, 2012​

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Beyond the Battle: How Do We Put Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again?  - Posted November 5, 2012



Is Loss of Humanity the Real Risk of Risk Management? - Posted September 24, 2012


The Killing Spree: 'Sikhing' Answers to Eternal Questions - Posted August 19, 2012


When a Lie Is No Longer a Lie, What Happens to America? - Posted August 7, 2012


What Joe Paterno and Friends Can Teach Us About 'Winning' - Posted July 18, 2012


America as Re-run: Losing Andy Griffith Without Losing Our Way - Posted July 11, 2012


Baby Boomers: Born-Again on the 4th of July? - Posted July 3, 2012


Riding the Bus to a New Era of Respect - Posted June 26, 2012


Turning Around Our Schools: All You Need Is Love - Posted June 20, 2012


If Corporations Are People, Do They Have Hearts? - Posted June 4, 2012


Building a Nation Where Everybody Is Somebody - Posted May 22, 2012


Sentiments From the Swing state: An Ohioan's Appeal for a Civil Election - Posted May 9, 2012


Sex, Saints, Yogurt and World Peace: Bemoaning the Loss of Decorum - Posted April 27, 2012


Confessions of a Racial Profiler - Posted April 19, 2012


A Passover Seder for Dults - Posted April 6, 2012


The Mass Murderer, the Multi-National and the Mega-Bank: Where Are the 'Good Guys' in America? - Posted March 21, 2012


"Rushing" to Judgment: What Responsibility Do Advertisers Have for Civility? - Posted March 16, 2012


Ensuring School Safety Must Involve Old-Fashioned Values - Posted March 8, 2012


Which Team Are You On: Your Own or America's? - Posted March 1, 2012



Get a Life: Attend a Funeral - Posted February 23, 2012​