Author Archives: Rik Schneider

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About Rik Schneider

Blogger/writer on a lot of different subjects.

The National Interest: Jacob Heilbrunn Interviewing Senator Tim Kaine

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  This might be or might not be common knowledge at least for Americans who live outside of the Washington Beltway and don’t follow American politics and current affairs closely, but the United States hasn’t officially declared war … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post: Michael Gerson: The Tea Party Risks Scaring Away Voters

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’m going to take you on a trip back in time to the mid 1960s and we’ll work are way up to the early 1980s as well. Imagine had the Barry Goldwater classical conservative movement managed to … Continue reading →

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Richard Nixon Foundation: Video: President Nixon Unveils Family Assistance Program in 1969

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Rik Schneider

What President Nixon is talking about here in 1969 became what is now known as Welfare to Work. The bipartisan law that Congress passed in 1996 that was signed by President Bill Clinton. The old Welfare system was based on … Continue reading →

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The Federalist: David Corbin & Matt Parks: What Should a Do Something Congress Do

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  In an era where the American people were actually crying out for something different and real that could bring the country together that was facing the most difficult economic and financial challenges since the Great Depression and … Continue reading →

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Brian Lamb Interviewing Cal Thomas: Contemporary America: Condemning Culture, Media and Modern America

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat Cal Thomas standing up for traditional Anglo-Saxon America when Anglo-Saxons and to me that is people of British descent were essentially running the country both culturally and politically. People on the religious and cultural right in America … Continue reading →

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Richard Nixon Foundation: President Richard Nixon’s Farewell Address to White House Staff (1974)

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  This was the one thing that was missing from Richard Nixon’s career that I believe could’ve made his career even better and more successful. And he did by most standards had a very successful career in public … Continue reading →

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Kyungho Dean: Edward R. Murrow vs. Joe McCarthy

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  To quote Edward R. Murrow. “We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty”, which pretty much sums up the difference between people who believe in free speech and fascists. “We cannot defend freedom abroad when we are making … Continue reading →

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Townhall: Cathy Reisenwitz: Self-Described Liberal Millennial’s Are Actually Libertarian

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Forget about Latinos, African-Americans and perhaps every other non-Anglo-Saxon Protestant population in America being the reasons why the Republican Party is in trouble. The Millennial Generation which covers all of these racial and ethnic groups are the … Continue reading →

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Front Page Magazine: Opinion: Dennis Prager: ‘Why America is in Jeopardy”: Why People Don’t Have to be Religious to be Moral

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Treating People With the Respect That They Deserve Front Page Magazine: Opinion: Dennis Prager: Why America is in Jeopardy  Oh man Dennis Prager, well at least he is provocative and keeps bloggers in business. And I must say that I … Continue reading →

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Arthur Brooks: A Conservative Vision of Social Justice

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’m trying to think of a conservative vision for social justice and it’s hard. Because it almost sounds like creating an Oxymoron. And what I mean by that is that social justice or economic justice tend to … Continue reading →

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