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Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher: Panel Debate Secularism & Religion

Source:FRS FreeState One of the advantages of living in a liberal democracy is that you get to decide for yourself whether you should or should not practice religion. And what you think of religion and secularism yourself. Rather than government … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: David Weigel- Filibuster Reform Kicks Open the Coffin & Returns From the Dead

Source:FRS FreeState I wouldn’t mind having a super majority requirement to confirm executive appointments in the U.S. Senate, if the leaderships in both parties were responsible and not blocking appointments because they are being made by a president from the … Continue reading

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NBC News: Update With John Dancy (December, 1979)

Source: FRS FreeState 1979 was a very rough year as the summer showed with an energy shortage and high inflation and interest rates and so- forth. And this was after the so-called crisis of confidence speech from President Carter in … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Cass R. Sunstein: ‘Why Paternalism is Our Friend’

Source:The New Republic– New York City Nanny, I mean Mayor (call it a slip of the tongue) Michael Bloomberg. Source:FRS FreeState “The nanny state is in the news. A lot of people have been outraged by Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s effort … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Gideon Rose: ‘Iraq in Retrospect’

SourceForeign Affairs– welcome to Iraq, also known as Hell on Earth. Source:FRS FreeState “Ten years ago this week, the United States and a few of its allies invaded Iraq, writing the final chapter in Washington’s checkered decades-long relationship with Saddam … Continue reading

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Professor Conor Gearty: ‘Liberty and Security For All’

Source:FRS FreeState If you want to know what I think about the War on Terror. Here are a few quotes that I’ll give you and that should give a pretty good idea. “Give me liberty or give me death”, “without … Continue reading

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President John F. Kennedy: Cuban Missile Crisis Speech: 10/22/1962

Source:FRS FreeState What President Kennedy showed during this crisis was to show that his National Security Council was on top of the situation from the beginning. And the question which was a huge question, was what to do about it … Continue reading

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Helmer Reenberg: President John F. Kennedy’s 51st Press Conference (March 6, 1963)

Source:FRS FreeState John F. Kennedy, when he became President of The United States in 1961 wanted to do a few things as it relates to economic policy. Go further in social insurance so more people could have access to affordable … Continue reading

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CBS News: President John F. Kennedy’s Presidential Inaugural Address (1961)

Source:FRS FreeState Inaugural address’ are interesting at least for this reason and depending on what the President at the time says can be interesting for that reason as well but they are at least interesting because it gives the President … Continue reading

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Understanding Power: Noam Chomsky on Liberalism, Freedom & Democracy

. Source:FRS FreeState I have a lot of respect for professor Noam Chomsky’s honesty and being able to communicate exactly where he is politically and being able to articulate what he thinks about other political ideologies. Noam Chomsky is an … Continue reading

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