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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

Senator John Tester: Taking Care of Veterans is a Cost of Going to War

Source:The New Democrat  Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator John Tester with the lines of the veterans affairs debate. Senator Bernie Sanders, “that if you can afford to send your soldiers to war, you can afford to take care of them … Continue reading

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Lyle Denniston: The Constitution Outside the Courts: The U.S. Sentencing Commission

Source:The New Democrat  Making punishment fit the crime should be an obvious statement if it isn’t, but if you look at our criminal justice system that of course is not always the case. We have thousands if not more people … Continue reading

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The Young Turks: Cenk Uygur: Dick Cheney the Living Embodiment of Eisenhower’s Greatest Fear

Source:The New Democrat  Darth Vader Dick Cheney on the loose. So no I don’t like Dick Cheney or have much respect for our former Vice President. But Cenk Uygur in this video is the perfect example of why I don’t … Continue reading

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Catherine Rampell: Limousine Liberalism’s Good Work

The Washington Post: Opinion: Catherine Rampell: Limousine Liberalism’s Good Works  I’m sick and tired (and that is putting it mildly) of hearing people especially rabid partisan right-wingers claim that Liberals hate the wealthy and people with money and hate capitalism … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Issac Chotner: James Garner Obituary, Actor Dead at 86

Source:The New Democrat  In an age where we are so dominated by social media and celebrity culture and by people who want to be their favorite celebrities and live their lives and even people who later become celebrities that want … Continue reading

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The Young Turks: Cenk Uygur: ‘Bill O’Reilly Looks Sane Next to Laura Ingraham’

Source:The Young Turks– Cenk Uygur is not exactly sanest guy you’ll ever hear. Or maybe that’s just all the caffeine doing the talking for him. “Bill O’Reilly is pegging Laura Ingraham’s opinion of using mass deportation to address illegal immigration … Continue reading

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Tina Turner: ‘I Don’t Want to Fight No More’

Source:The New Democrat  Tina Turner saying that “it is time to move on and that I wish you the best. But I’m done and moving on with my life while I still can. Because I can’t take the fighting no … Continue reading

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The Democratic Strategist: J.P. Green- Public Wants Supreme Court Reform

Source:The New Democrat  Reforming the U.S. Supreme Court is something that I’ve been thinking about for five years now which is also when I started blogging. And is something I take very seriously especially considering how important the Supreme Court … Continue reading

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VOA News: Congress to Focus on US Border Crisis

Source:The New Democrat  At some point Congressional Republicans are going to have to decide if they want to solve the Texas border crisis, or keep it going to use it against President Obama and use it as an issue during … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Bryce Covert: How to Equalize Female Compensation

Source:The New Democrat  Equal pay for equal work makes sense to me as a Liberal as long as it is exactly that. Meaning Joe and Sally who work at a law firm or a bank do the same exact job … Continue reading

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