Author Archives: Rik Schneider

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About Rik Schneider

Blogger/writer on a lot of different subjects.

Bill Kurtis: Vegas & The Mob (1996)

Source:Gamble TV– former FBI agent Ed Becker. “Gambling has always been a very important business in the Mafia. From card games to betting on horses and other sports, the Mafia has earned cash from all of them. They operated many … Continue reading

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American Enterprise: Michael R. Strain: A $4 Minimum Wage Can Get People Back to Work

Source:The New Democrat  Sure, you could pay someone $4.00 an hour and that would encourage companies to start hiring again and they would probably hire a lot more people again, people who haven’t finished high school and are not even … Continue reading

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Washington Examiner: Timothy Carney: Are Libertarians Ultra-Conservative or Free Market Liberals?

Source:The New Democrat  Libertarians are ultra-conservatives because they see big government as a threat to freedom and civilized society, period, and are opposed completely to big government involved in our economic or personal affairs.  Libertarians are much more conservative than … Continue reading

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The Federalist: Donald J. Boudreaux: In Defense of Liberal Learning

Source:The New Democrat  Liberalism is at its best regardless of its source and education is a perfect example. It’s about giving people the tools they need to be successful in their own lives. Education is a liberal concept because it … Continue reading

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Revolutionary Workers Party: Malcolm X vs. James Baldwin

. Source:The New Democrat  I have a problem with Malcolm X having a problem with the civil rights sit-ins of, I believe, from 1963, and perhaps earlier than that. Because what these young Americans were doing was saying that they … Continue reading

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The American Conservative: James Antle: ‘Five Ways Reagan Nostalgia Misleads Conservatives’

Source:The American Conservative– Ronald W. Reagan (Republican, California) 40th President of the United States (1981-89) Source:The New Democrat “This week marks Ronald Reagan’s 103rd birthday. Non-conservatives often mock the right’s nostalgia for the fortieth president, but the enthusiasm is as … Continue reading

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The Federalist: Fred Cole: Sweat The Details Later

Source:The New Democrat  This is the debate that the Republican Party should be having right now. Between Libertarians the Ron Paul’s of the world and the Conservative libertarian branch the old Barry Goldwater/Ronald Reagan wing of the party that seems … Continue reading

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Firing Line With William F. Buckley: The State of The Democratic Party (1985)

. Source:The New Democrat  What happened to the Democratic Party in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1984 and 1988 in those presidential defeats and in the case of 1980 when the not only lost the White House in a landslide, but lost … Continue reading

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Piers Morgan Tonight: Ann Coulter Confronts Piers Morgan on Guns

Source:The New Democrat  Ann Coulter actually make a good point about the mentally ill in America and their access to guns. Which is why we need to fully fund mental health care in America both in and out of institutions. … Continue reading

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National Review: Lou Dobbs Tonight: John Fund, GOP Realizes Opposing ObamaCare Not Enough

. Source:The New Democrat  The whole problem with the Republican Party especially the Tea Party’s critique of the Affordable Care Act that they call ObamaCare is that they’ve never had a plan of their own at least as a party. … Continue reading

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