Category Archives: The New Democrat

Flanagan: Network (1976)

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Anyone who’s interested in modern network news should watch the movie Network from 1976.  It’s almost forty years old now and except for the modern technology, the new players and the new stories they’d be hard pressed … Continue reading →

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Movie Clips: Heartbreak Ridge (1986) Starring Clint Eastwood

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Rik Schneider

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 →

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Movie Clips: Video: To Catch a Thief (1955)

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Derik Schneider

The New Democrat To Catch a Thief is neither the best Alfred Hitchcock movie of all time nor the best Cary Grant movie of all time but I believe it is the best Grace Kelly movie of all time and … Continue reading →

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Alfred Hitchcock: North by Northwest (1959) Starring Cary Grant & Eva Marie Saint

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  North by Northwest is my favorite movie of all time.  Cary Grant is my favorite actor of all time and Alfred Hitchcock is probably my favorite director of all time.  I have a couple versions of this … Continue reading →

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AEI: James Pethokoukis: The New Marxism

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Rik Schneider

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 →

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American Thinker: Brad Lips: A Populist Libertarian Youth Movement?

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  As a member of Gen-X, I see two growing movements in American politics, both anti-big government. On the right, the young libertarians seem to be anti-government all together.  Both young liberals and young libertarians want the freedom to live … Continue reading →

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The Federalist: David Corbin & Matt Parks: Publius and the Progressives

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Rik Schneider

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 →

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The New Republic: Issac Chotner: Ross Douhat Column on Young People: Individualism & Liberalism

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  This blog talks a lot about labels, especially what they mean in politics.  Thus, when I read a column in the  New Republic, that no longer looks like that great liberal magazine that once questioned the influence … Continue reading →

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The Fiscal Times: Mark Thoma: Inequality in Capitalist Systems is Not Inevitable

Posted on March 12, 2014 by kireschneider

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat I would describe capitalism, or private enterprise, meaning private businesses and wealth controlled by individuals or groups of individuals, not by the state, as the worst type of economic system in the … Continue reading →

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Hoover Institution: Richard Epstein: Our Property Principle

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Rik Schneider

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 →

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