Monthly Archives: March 2014

Firing Line William F. Buckley: Ron Paul (1988)

Source:The New Democrat  What I respect most about Ron Paul, former U.S. Representative from Texas and presidential candidate for both the Libertarian Party and the Republican Party, is his honesty.  He’s truly against big government from both an economic and … Continue reading

Posted in Firing Line, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

CNN: Crossfire: Is America Becoming a Nanny State?

Source:The New Democrat  Its not the job of  government at whatever level. to protect people from themselves, to micro-manage their lives and say you can do this or that with your life or your body. In case you haven’t noticed, … Continue reading

Posted in CNN, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Fiscal Times: Eric Planin: President Obama Looks to Tax Reform to Save America’s Highways

Source:The New Democrat  This would be an interesting way to raise the much needed revenue to rebuild America’s infrastructure system but, as I’ve argued in the past, we wouldn’t need to go to this length if we created a National … Continue reading

Posted in Barack Obama Presidency, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

MLB Classics: Video: NBC Sports: MLB 1971-World Series-Game 7: Pittsburgh Pirates @ Baltimore Orioles: Full Game

Source:The New Democrat The Orioles blew great opportunities to put together a real dynasty in the 1970s and become the MLB team of the 1970s.  Yes, they won two World Series from 1966-71 and won three American League Championships and … Continue reading

Posted in Orioles Classic Games, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

FOX Sports: Beyond The Glory – Mike Tyson

Source:The New Democrat  Mike Tyson was the most devastating and intimidating force in boxing for about five years from some point in 1985 to 1990 and I could end the story right there because that pretty much sums up his … Continue reading

Posted in Boxing Films, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The American Conservative: Leon Hadar: The Right’s Putin Problem’

Source:The American Conservative– Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin. “The counterintuitive argument that Putin should be considered a hero of American conservatives probably originated with the founder of this magazine who asked last year whether in “the culture war for mankind’s … Continue reading

Posted in Foreign Affairs, Originals | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Slate Magazine: Helen Vera: Against Solitary Confinement: State are Finding it’s Impractical as well as Immoral

Source:The New Democrat  The current use of the process of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons is deplorable.  There are no guidelines relating the length of confinement to severity of offense.  The process is used at the discretion of onsite officials. … Continue reading

Posted in Slate Video, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Film Society at Lincoln Center: Q&A With Raquel Welch on Myra Breckinridge

Source:The New Democrat Myra Breckinridge is not the movie that made Raquel Welch a star. Myra Breckinridge was a loser at the box office no matter how funny it was.  It was one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen. … Continue reading

Posted in Hollywood Goddess, Raquel, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment