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About Ederik Schneider

I’m a Liberal (or Classical Liberal, if you prefer) blogger, who specializes in the real liberalism, (as we call it) as well as Libertarians and libertarianism, for The New Democrat. But I also blog about Classic Hollywood, sports history, and from time to time, women’s fashion and lifestyle in general.

Mises Daily: Blog: Anthony Gregory: The Real Liberal Heritage: What Makes Liberalism Different From Libertarianism & Progressivism

This post was originally posted at FRS FreeStateNow on WordPress, April, 2013 Mises Daily: Blog: Anthony Gregory: The Real Liberal Heritage A lot of Americans when they think of Liberalism and Liberals, they probably tend to think of people who … Continue reading

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Prison Documentaries: Inside Pelican Bay State Prison

This piece was originally posted at FRS FreeSate Now Plus Pelican Bay State Prison houses some of the worst criminals in California. Which means some of the worst in the United States as well when you have cities like Los … Continue reading

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TruthOut: Laurie Jo Reynolds & Stephen F. Eisenson: ‘Tamms is Torture’

Source:FreeState Now I’m not against solitary-confinement by itself because inmates who represent a serious threat to staff as well as other inmates and at times to themselves and because of this must be isolated until they not longer represent that … Continue reading

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Sky News: Should an Independent Scotland Be Allowed To Keep the Pound?

Source:The New Democrat  A Federalist Union might be the only way to save the United Kingdom in Britain. Where each of these British states would have autonomy and the freedom to govern their own domestic affairs while the British Federal … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: ‘How Medicaid & ObamaCare Hurts The Poor’

Source:FreeState Now It’s not that we have a Federal health insurance program for the poor that’s the problem. But how it’s setup and run that is the problem because Medicaid was never setup to be run affordably and efficiently. The … Continue reading

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CATO Institute: Ilya Shapiro: ‘ObamaCare’s Medicaid Expansion Violates Federalism’

Source:FreeState Now I would’ve gone farther to bring down healthcare costs with things like preventive care, taxing junk food and drink, getting junk food and drink out of public schools, encouraging people to eat healthy and exercise, mandatory physical education … Continue reading

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Los Angeles Times: Report: David G. Savage & Noam N. Levey: Medicaid Could be in U.S. Supreme Court’s Sights

This post was originally posted at FRS FreeStateNow on WordPress, March, 2012 As part of trying to expand health insurance to uninsured Americans in 2010, when President Obama and Congressional Democrats created the Affordable Care Act in 2010, They put … Continue reading

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Los Angeles Times: Healing Medi-Cal

Source:FreeState Now A lot of states are swamped in deficit and debt thanks to high unemployment. With a lot fewer people working and paying taxes as we had four years ago. And instead of working and paying taxes, they are … Continue reading

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NBC News: Don Harris- Howard Jarvis, Jerry Brown & the 1978 Elections

  Source:The New Democrat  The mid and late 1970s was a very rough time for America economically and 1978 is a perfect example of that and with California being the largest state in the union, perhaps Californians felt the rough … Continue reading

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Reuter: The Trail With Samuel P. Jacobs: Rick Santorum vs. Mitt Romney

Source:FreeState Now Alabama has already been called for Rick Santorum by NBC News and now CNN. Rick Santorum has been been holding a slim but steady lead over Newt Gingrich. Whose actually in 2nd Place in both states, not Mitt … Continue reading

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