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About Erik Schneider

I use the American Liberal photo as the cover photo for this blog, because that’s exactly what I am. And no, not in the stereotypical, sort of pop culture sense of what an American Liberal is supposed to be. But someone who represents what American liberalism, as well as European liberalism, and perhaps the liberalism of the rest of the world outside of the United States. Liberals are people who believe in defense of liberal democracy, as well as the preservation of liberal democracy. And of course we also believe in liberal democracy with all the individual rights, and other liberal values that come from liberal democracy, the liberal democratic form of government, like equal opportunity, equal rights, equal justice, property rights, individual freedom and freedom of choice for everybody, as well as limited but responsible government, and fiscal responsibility

Brookings Institution: Vanessa Williamson: Back Without Popular Demand- Tax Cuts For The Wealthy & Tax Hikes For The Middle Class

Source:The New Democrat If you’re going to talk about tax reform especially if you’re saying you’re proposing it which is what President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are saying that they’re doing, you should at the very least know what … Continue reading

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The Onion: Revelations From Hillary Clinton’s New Memoir- What Happened

Source:The Daily Review What happened? Hillary Clinton might be the only person asking that question as far as how she’s the first American presidential candidate to ever lose to a reality TV star who for the last 35 years in … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Dana Goldman: Why Bernie Sander’s Plan For Universal Health Care Is Only Half Right

Source:The New Democrat Actually, I believe Dana Goldman is being generous here and giving Senator Bernie Sanders too much credit here. I don’t believe Senator Sanders is even half right and is selling his supporters a Mercedes for the cost … Continue reading

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Inside Edition: Bonnie Strauss- 1992 Feature on Jayne Mansfield

Source:Inside Edition– 1992 feature on Hollywood Babydoll Jayne Mansfield. This was the 25th anniversary of her tragic death in the summer of 1967. This is her daughter from her first marriage. Source:The Daily Review  “Movie star Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967) is … Continue reading

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The New Republic: John Judis: ‘The Socialism America Needs Now’

Source:The New Democrat To give you an idea of what I believe socialism is and what it isn’t, I agree with John Judis at TNR that socialism has a couple layers, three if you include Chinese communism. But before that … Continue reading

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Jerry Skinner: What Happened To Jayne Mansfield?

Source:The Daily Review What happened to Jayne Mansfield? Well as far as her death, she died in a car accident in June, 1967. She was a passenger and not driving and was headed to New Orleans from Biloxi, Mississippi just … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Molly Reynolds: Limitations of The Senate Filibuster

Source:The New Democrat Warning! This article is only for truly hard-core political and Congressional junkies and people who haven’t slept in days and need to fall asleep real quick. Great bedtime reading for your hard-core insomniacs. Because this is not … Continue reading

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BBC: 1999 Jayne Mansfield Documentary

Source:BBC– Hollywood Babydoll Jayne Mansfield, being interviewed by BBC for their documentary about her. Source:The Daily Review “Movie star, pin-up queen, nightclub performer Jayne Mansfield lived a short but colorful life (1933-1967) during which she married three times, had five … Continue reading

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The Baseline Scenario: James Kwak- The Importance of Fairness: A New Economic Vision For The Democratic Party

Source:The Baseline Scenario Economic fairness and social justice even is a good debate in the Democratic Party and it seems to becoming from two wings in it. From the Bernie Sanders/Elizabeth Warren social democratic wing that believes the problem with … Continue reading

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The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980) CBS Wednesday Night Movie

Source:The Daily Review At risk of sounding old here, when I was growing up in the 1980s and even when I was in high school in the early 1990s. network original movies that were made and produced by the networks, … Continue reading

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