Category Archives: Reason

Reason Magazine: Nick Gillespie Interviews Arvin Vohra: Are Libertarians Spoiling the Midterm Elections?:

Source:The New Democrat  At some point Libertarians if they want to be a real political movement in America that can compete and win elections and come to power, get elected to state legislatures and governorships and win a big number … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Anthony L. Fisher: Patrick Kennedy Fears that Prohibition Might Lead to People Making Lots of Money

This is going to sound strange, but former U.S. Representative now War on Drugs propagandist Patrick Kennedy a Progressive Democrat and the son Teddy Kennedy is one of the best spokespeople for marijuana legalization and against the War on Drugs. … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: ‘How Medicaid & ObamaCare Hurts The Poor’

Source:FreeState Now It’s not that we have a Federal health insurance program for the poor that’s the problem. But how it’s setup and run that is the problem because Medicaid was never setup to be run affordably and efficiently. The … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Nick Gillespie: The 2000s, Worst Decade Ever

Source:Real Life Journal I’m going to try to get through this blog without sounding like a partisan hack which will be difficult. Because if you’re on the Right and ideologically disagree with me, you’re probably going to disagree with this … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Elizabeth Nolan Brown: What Libertarianism Isn’t

Source:The New Democrat  I’m getting tired of hearing people say when I tell them or explain in my blogs about what liberalism really is which is about individual rights, individual freedom both personal and economic. Rule of law, constitutional law, … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Reason-Rupe Poll, Emily Ekins: ‘Millennial’s Aren’t Liberals, They’re Social Liberals’

Source:The New Democrat  Just to talk about this poll for a minute. Millennial’s aren’t Democrats or Republicans in the sense they tend to be registered in one party over the other. But they tend to vote for Democrats over Republicans … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: A. Barton Hinkle: Bipartisan Hypocrisy on Free Speech

Source:The New Democrat  I disagree with Barton Hinkle’s column, at least in this sense.  The First Amendment protects against censorship by government. We don’t have First Amendment rights to say what we please on the premises of our employer. That … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Matt Welch: Progressive Puritans: When Did Progressivism Become Statism?

Source:The New Democrat  Progressivism, at least as it has been practiced in recent times, has been a political philosophy that is about using government to make society better at supporting people in need, not to run everything for everybody and … Continue reading

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Reason: Video: Tax Day: Game of Thrones Edition: The Taxes are Coming

Ederik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger The taxes are coming! The taxes are coming! The taxes are coming! Everybody grab your … Continue reading

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Reason: Video: Kennedy: CPAC: CPAC Members on Federalism at the CPAC Conference

Ederik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter There seem to have been some real Federalists at the CPAC conference today, at least the people who were interviewed in this video. Or perhaps Kennedy … Continue reading

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