Tag Archives: 2014

Michelle Goldberg: Should Buying Sex Be Illegal?Michelle Goldberg:

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The Nation– with an article about prostitution in Sweden. You can also see this post on Blogger. You can also see this post at FreeState MD, on Blogger. Source:The Nation: “Editor’s Note: Reporting for this article was funded by a grant from … Continue reading →

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TruthOut: A.W. Gaffney: ‘The Problem With The Private Option’

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  You can get on right-wing governors for not expanding Medicaid in their state all you want. But the fact is if Medicaid wasn’t an unfunded mandate to begin with which is a Federal program that is forced … Continue reading →

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New America Foundation: Alice Mary McCarthy: America’s Job Training System: Better Than You Think

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  There are plenty parts of the Federal budget that I would like to cut back on and reform. Like in defense, agriculture subsidies, corporate welfare, red tape, but one area where I would like to see America … Continue reading →

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The Weed Blog: Johnny Green: ‘Debunking The White House’s Response to The New York Times’

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’ve written several posts this year already about why the drug warriors have lost the War on Drugs especially when it comes to marijuana. So here’s another one and this one comes thanks to the White House … Continue reading →

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National Review: John Fund: ‘Setting The Record Straight On Jim Crow’

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  What John Fund doesn’t seem to understand or perhaps is ignoring, which is possible because he is a bright guy is that the Southern Democrats who blocked the civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s are … Continue reading →

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American Enterprise Institute: Representative Paul Ryan: ‘Expanding Opportunity in America’

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’ve seem some of the reactions from so-called progressive publications like Salon and the AlterNet about Representative Paul Ryan’s anti-poverty programs reform plan. Representative Ryan is of course the Chairman of the House Budget Committee and a … Continue reading →

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Jamelle Bouie: John Fund’s Distorted History of The Democratic Party

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Erik Schneider

What right-wingers of today and John Fund of the Wall Street Journal and National Review is one of them, don’t seem to understand is that even though it is true that Congressional Republicans supported the civil rights laws more than … Continue reading →

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Associated Press: Ed Donahue: US Employers Add 209K Jobs, Unemployment Rate 6.2%

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat Two-hundred-thousand jobs in a month even if it is not a high as the previous month of two-hundred-eighty-thousand jobs is a very good number. And when you have a slight uptick in unemployment from 6.1% to 6.2% … Continue reading →

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Economic Policy Journal: Michael Rozeff: ‘The Real Reason Why President Harry Truman Backed a Jewish State’

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  If you are going to say that President Harry Truman who is not only one of our best presidents, but perhaps our most honest president recognized the Jewish State of Israel for political considerations and the Jewish-American … Continue reading →

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Associated Press: President Obama Chides House GOP For Lawsuit

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Barack Obama- The do nothing Republican House of Representatives. I agree with the President when he says that House Republicans rather sue the President and try to go back in time and repeal legislation then do their … Continue reading →

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