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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

The New Republic: Jeffrey Rosen: Schuette Decision: Supreme Court Supported Precedent: Judicial Restraint

Source:The New Democrat  Jeff Rosen, as almost always, hit it on the mark today in his column in The New Republic.  He said that whether you agree with the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action at the University of Michigan … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Jay Porter: ‘A Small Business Owners Case For Raising the Minimum Wage’

Source:Slate Magazine– a pro-minimum wage rally. Source:The New Democrat “Nine or ten dollars an hour? Twelve? Or all the way to $15? For much of the country, significant minimum wage hikes are coming—at least in the areas where they haven’t … Continue reading

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The Economist View: Robert Shiller: ‘Better Insurance Against Inequality’

Source:The New Democrat  I could blog about indexing taxation of income for the wealthy in a couple of ways. One would discuss the fact that it would never pass this Congress, especially with a Republican House. Also, vulnerable Senate Democrats … Continue reading

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Malcolm MinisterMalcolm X: ‘We’re Going to Have to go to War Against the Racists’

Malcolm X: “We’re going to have to go to war against the racists.” – YouTube. Source:The New Democrat  This could easily be interpreted as saying that the supporters of equal rights and freedom for all Americans “are going to have … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: George Will: ‘Progressives Are Wrong About the Essence of the Constitution’

Source:The New Democrat  The more I hear from today’s, so-called, Progressives, the more I believe that they are from a different country or, at least, have lived a long time in another country. They don’t seem to see the U.S. … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Alyssa Rosenberg: ‘If Conservatives Lost the Culture War, That Doesn’t Mean Liberals Won it’

Source:The New Democrat  When people use the term “Culture War,” it’s not immediately clear what they’re talking about.  It could be some pop culture war between Hollywood and Nashville, the capitol of country music, or, perhaps, the broader Bible Belt. … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Jonathan Cohn: Tax Day 2014: ‘More Taxes Would Make a Better Society’

Source:The New Democrat  Well, I guess it is official now, with this piece from Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic (his link is  above)  the classic American liberal magazine is dead.  Or perhaps, it has just been taken over by Socialists … Continue reading

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Slate: Jamelle Bouie: Jim DeMint, American Abolitionism & Constitutional Conservatives

Source:The New Democrat  Representative Michele Bachmann announced she was running for president in, I believe, August of 2011.  Her  presidential campaign lasted all of four months.  It was one of the shortest presidential campaigns in American history.  When she announced … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Noam Scheiber: Bed Wetting Leftists: Democrats Who Freak Out Over Setbacks

Source:The New Democrat  There’s a faction in the Democratic Party, the far-left fringe,  as well as the broader far-left in America,who, to put it simply, make the perfect the enemy of the good. Any Democrat who doesn’t give them exactly … Continue reading

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New America Foundation: The Shot: Reniqua Allen: Civil Rights in Present Day

Source:The New Democrat  The 1968 Fair Housing Law was one of the best acts of the civil rights era of the 1960s.  It said that if you serve the public selling and renting homes, the public is the public and … Continue reading

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