Category Archives: Classical Liberalism

Democracy Journal: Robin Marie Averbeck- ‘The History of American Liberalism’

“Rich Yeselson’s essay “What New Left History Gave Us” [Issue #35] is not merely about what New Left historiography did, but what contemporary historians of the liberalism birthed by the New Deal—historians like myself—are currently doing. According to Yeselson, we … Continue reading

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The Democratic Strategist: William Galston on Non-Populist Liberalism

Source:The Democratic Strategist Populism tends to get mixed in with either how should I call it, how about the hard Left and hard Right. The most loyal followers of the Left and Right in the Democratic Party and Republican Party. … Continue reading

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Sam Harris: ‘Can Liberalism Be Saved From Itself?’

The New Democrat Sam Harris: Blog: Can Liberalism Be Saved From Itself I’ll try to be nice here, but talking about this issue especially when fascism is involved even from the Left, makes that difficult. But when lets say people … Continue reading

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History Comes to Life: Wendell Willkie- A Classical Liberal Democrat

Source:History Comes To Life– Wendell Willkie for President, in 1940. Source:FRS FreeState “Willkie about to board plane in 1940 campaign, Willkie waves and boards, Mrs. Willkie boards plane, Willkie working on plane, plane in flight, Willkie looks out window. 1940: … Continue reading

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Mal Partisan: O.A.R.: Liberalism, the Philosophy of Individual Rights & Freedom

Source:The New Democrat  I’m a Liberal and when I hear the term ‘Modern Liberal’ today it makes me a little angry. Because today’s so-called ‘Modern Liberals’ would be called Socialists in any other country. Because they have a collectivist view … Continue reading

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Mises Daily: Blog: Anthony Gregory: The Real Liberal Heritage: What Makes Liberalism Different From Libertarianism & Progressivism

This post was originally posted at FRS FreeStateNow on WordPress, April, 2013 Mises Daily: Blog: Anthony Gregory: The Real Liberal Heritage A lot of Americans when they think of Liberalism and Liberals, they probably tend to think of people who … Continue reading

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The American Prospect: Paul Waldman- Can Liberalism Survive the Obama Presidency?

Source:The New Democrat  First of all Barack Obama when he ran for President in 2008 didn’t run as a McGovernite Social Democrat which is what the Occupy Wall Street and the broader New Left in America are. He ran as … Continue reading

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Salon: Opinion: Joshua Sager: GOP’s 30-Year Spin Job is Over: We Are Not a Center-Right Nation

Salon: Opinion: Joshua Sager: GOP’s 30-Year Spin Job is Over: We Are Not a Center-Right Nation This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger First of all just to comment on Joshua Sager’s column in the Salon … Continue reading

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Politico: Kenneth Vogel & Tarini Parti: The Existential Crisis of the Liberal Millionaire

Politico Just so we are clear that Liberals and Democrats (and I mean real Liberal Democrats) aren’t against millionaires and wealth. How I know that because the Democratic Party if anything may have more wealthy millionaire individual donors than the … Continue reading

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Salon: Omer Aziz: I’m Proud to Say I’m a Liberal

Salon: Opinion: Omer Aziz: I’m Proud to Say I’m a Liberal: How Conservatives Vulgarized the Word Liberal and Why Liberals Should Take it Back Source:The New Democrat I agree with Omar Aziz that Conservatives have been bashing the words liberalism … Continue reading

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