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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher: Speech at the White House (12/17/79)
Source:The New Democrat This speech was given about three weeks after the Iranian hostage crisis in which Iranian Islamists took fifty Americans, working at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, hostage in November of 1979. This was Thatcher’s first visit to … Continue reading
Posted in The New Democrat, U.K. Tories
Tagged 1979, America, Britain, Center Right, Classical Conservatism, Classical Conservatives, Conservative Party, England, Jimmy Carter, Margaret Thatcher, President Jimmy Carter, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, The 1970s, The White House, U.K. Government, U.S. Government, United Kingdom, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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Marijuana Policy Project: Morgan Fox: Maryland House Votes to Decriminalize Marijuana in Surprise Turnaround
Source:The New Democrat This is a good first step. I would’ve voted for it, if I were a member of the Maryland Assembly, House or Senate. Both chambers of the Assembly have passed decriminalization of marijuana and, surprisingly, Governor Martin … Continue reading
Dean Matin Show: ‘Rodney Dangerfield Cracks Up Dean Martin With Back-To-Back One-Liners (1972)’
“My agent made a deal with The Dean Martin Show for me to appear on twenty-eight shows. I signed on to do some short skits—just me and Dean—and I would write all the material. “Dean only came in once a … Continue reading
Movie Clips: Airport (1975)
Source:The New Democrat To understand Airport 1975 you have to understand the times when the movie was made and the 1970s as a whole. People were into this type of disaster movie. Disaster movies were popular in this decade. There’s … Continue reading
Movie Clips: Heartbreak Ridge (1986) Starring Clint Eastwood
Source:The New Democrat Heartbreak Ridge is my favorite Clint Eastwood movie and that is saying something because there might be ten of his movies that I love, including Magnum Force, Dirty Harry, The Enforcer, The Gauntlet, Pink Cadillac, Thunderbolt and … Continue reading
AEI: James Pethokoukis: The New Marxism
Source:The New Democrat Winston Churchill famously said, “Democracy is the worst form of government except for all the rest.” This logical form can be applied to other systems as well. It works fairly well in economics, e.g., “Capitalism is the … Continue reading
The Federalist: David Corbin & Matt Parks: Publius and the Progressives
Source:The New Democrat I see two dominant political factions in the Democratic Party today. The first is the FDR/LBJ progressives, who are not Socialists but real Democratic progressives in the best sense of the word. They believe that we should have … Continue reading
Mundane Matt: Is Fred Phelps Dying?
Source:The FreeState I’m not going to say that I hope that Fred Phelps is dying (at least not in public). That would simply not be the polite thing to do. It is not consistent with our social mores to wish … Continue reading
Posted in New Right, The FreeState
Tagged Bigotry, Christian Right, Far Right, Fred Phelps, Hate, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Ignorance, Religious Right, Westboro Church
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Hoover Institution: Richard Epstein: Our Property Principle
Source:The New Democrat I guess because of the way I look at the United States Constitution, I would be described as a Liberal Constitutionalist, who looks at the entire Constitution and doesn’t pick out parts that I like and rail … Continue reading
Human Events: David Harsanyi: Why Democracy is a Bad Idea
Source:The New Democrat To start this, I’ll first quote former U.K. Conservative Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who said about democracy that it is the worst form of government except for all the rest. I naturally agree with this, especially living … Continue reading
Posted in New Right, The New Democrat
Tagged American Democracy, American Voters, David Harsanyi, Democracy, Voting, Voting Public
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