Tag Archives: America

Piers Morgan Tonight: Ann Coulter Confronts Piers Morgan on Guns

Source:The New Democrat  Ann Coulter actually make a good point about the mentally ill in America and their access to guns. Which is why we need to fully fund mental health care in America both in and out of institutions. … Continue reading →

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National Journal: Peter Beinart: The End of American Exceptionalism?

Source:The New Democrat  American exceptionalism is an interesting difficult thing to talk about because it is hard to define. And the fact that exceptional is by itself neither good or bad, it is just different. You could have an exceptionally … Continue reading →

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The Hill: Judd Gregg: Progressives Play With Words, Truth

Source:The New Democrat  When I think of liberalism, I look to the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, our Constitutional Amendments. Because that is where the core of liberalism is whether it is. Modern or classical and the reason … Continue reading →

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JFK Library: President Harry S. Truman- Criticism of Senator John F. Kennedy (1960)

Source:JFK Library– President Harry S. Truman (Democrat, Missouri (1945-53) Source:The New Democrat “TNC:27 (excerpt) Press conference given by President Harry Truman announcing his reasons for resigning as a delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention. July 2, 1960. This film … Continue reading →

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Front Page Challenge: Malcolm X (1965)

. Source:The New Democrat  Malcolm X’s message was about self-reliance and self-defense for the African-American community. Not trying to destroy any other community in the United States. Which is something that the right-wing especially the far-right does not understand that … Continue reading →

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Brookings Institution: Robert Moffitt: Questions About EITC’s Role in the Safety Net

. Source:The New Democrat  The whole point of the Earned Income Tax Credit which was signed into law by Richard Nixon or Gerald Ford, hardly Socialists, or even Liberals, was to encourage low-skilled workers to work even for low- income … Continue reading →

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Reason Magazine: Jacob Sullum: Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Major Sentencing Reforms

Source:The New Democrat  I agree that this bill that the Senate Judiciary Committee doesn’t go far enough. I would decriminalize cocaine, heroin and meth. Not legalize them which is different, but my drug policy would be that if adults twenty-one … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post: Robert J. Samuelson: The Debate That Wasn’t

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Robert Samuelson that Washington really hasn’t been debating the size of government. But avoiding tough decisions and when they find things they actually want to do that is both parties they either borrow the … Continue reading →

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Commonsense Capitalism: Representative Charles Rangel Debates Dr. Walter Williams – On The Minimum Wage

Source:The New Democrat  Sounds to me that whatever spin that Common Sense Capitalism wants to give it, that Representative Rangel was arguing not only in favor of the minimum wage, but empowering those workers to be able to get additional … Continue reading →

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Radical Films: VHouse Un-American Activities: Looking For Communists in Hollywood

. Source:The New Democrat  The House Un-American Activities Committee and then later the Joe McCarthy Government Oversight Committee in the Senate were classic cases of guilt by association. Because they assumed some Americans were Un-American and not deserving of being … Continue reading →

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