Author Archives: Rik Schneider

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About Rik Schneider

Blogger/writer on a lot of different subjects.

Washington Times: David Keene: A Better Way to Help the Dangerously Mentally Ill

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  This may be the first post on The New Democrat about an article in the Washington Times.  I’m not sure.  The Times is one of two small right-wing newspapers in Washington, D.C.  They are small compared with … Continue reading →

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Hoover Institution: Edward Paul Lazear: How to Energize a Lackluster Recovery

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  The U.S. income tax is now the biggest book ever written in the history of the world, at least as far as I know, standing at over one-million pages.  How would you like that for a book … Continue reading →

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The American Spectator: Jeffrey Lord: 11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  1964 is a big year  in 2014, for several reasons.  There are a few huge fifty-year anniversaries coming up, the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Barry Goldwater winning the Republican nomination for president and Ronald Reagan coming on the … Continue reading →

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Commentary Magazine: Jonathan S. Tobin- Dems Realizing Hillary’s Record Matters

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat As far back as early 2006, it was not only clear that Democrats would win back Congress that year, at least the House of Representatives with, perhaps, a 50-50 split in the Senate, but that then Senator Hillary … Continue reading →

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Townhall: Opinion: Jacob Sullum: Pot, Poker, Prohibition: Do Republicans Really Want to be the Party of Unprincipled Killjoys?

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Townhall: Opinion: Jacob Sullum: Pot, Poker and Prohibitionism: Do Republicans Really Want to be the Party of Unprincipled Killjoys? Rik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The … Continue reading →

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The Federalist: David Corbin & Matt Parks: New York, New York

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  This blog talks a lot about political labels, for good reason.  They have real meaning, when they are used correctly, and are a good way to analyze political philosophy.  However they are mis-used so much in American … Continue reading →

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Townhall: John C. Goodman: A Republican Vision For Health Care Reform

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  The thing about the Republican critique of the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare, especially from the Tea Party, that has probably annoyed me the most, is the fact that they’ve never been able to present an alternative … Continue reading →

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Commentary Magazine: Tom Wilson: ‘Liberalism Ends at Home’

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:Foreign Affairs– President Woodrow Wilson is the first of the liberal-internationalist president’s. Source:The New Democrat “It is striking that America’s campuses, a sphere arguably dominated by liberals and their agenda, have become places where real tolerance and freedom of expression … Continue reading →

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The Hoover Institution: Bruce Thornton: Illiberal Liberalism

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Reading right-wingers about people they call “elitist Democrats,” or wine and cheese Democrats, people whom I call wine and cheese progressives, the wing of the Democratic Party that believes that anyone who didn’t graduate from an Ivy … Continue reading →

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Liberty Pen: John Stossel: Technically That’s Illegal

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Good rule for government: Don’t propose new rules unless you actually understand your current rules and are able to enforce them.  That might seem obvious but, in a lot of cases, that’s what makes government inefficient.  The … Continue reading →

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