Tag Archives: Center Left

Heritage Foundation: Video: Where Is Liberalism Going?

. I always find it entertaining to hear Neoconservatives at the Heritage Foundation and other places, who pushed for the Iraq War fifteen years ago and want the Federal Government to be able to decide who gets to marry in … Continue reading

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Grit-TV: Russ Feingold- Politics For The People

Source:Grit-TV This interview was taped in late 2010, when then Senator Russ Feingold, was literally battling for his Senate career and perhaps political career as well. So that is a little disappointing for me, because I would’ve liked of seen … Continue reading

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The New York Times: Peter Wehner: Have Democrats Pulled Too Far Left?

The New York Times Peter Wehner, who normally writes for the neoconservative Commentary Magazine, who I read on a regular basis, including Wehner, because they do write interesting, provocative pieces and even intelligent and accurate pieces, is simply dead wrong … Continue reading

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The Beacon: Randall Holcombe: ‘Progressivism: Rhetoric Versus Reality’

Source:The Independent Institute– The Economist, which is a center-right, liberal publication in Britain, with a look at progressivism. “Contemporary supporters of an expanded role for government are increasingly moving away from calling themselves liberals and toward referring to themselves Progressives, … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: David Brooks & Marcus Ruth: ‘On Recording The Police, Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Launch’

Source:PBS– New York Times columnist & PBS NewsHour political analyst David Brooks. “New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including whether cops should wear body cameras in … Continue reading

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The McLaughlin Group: Martin O’Malley vs. Hillary Clinton

Source:The McLaughlin Group As far as Martin O’Malley beating Hillary Clinton next year, no one is expecting him to do that. But plenty of upsets have happened inside of the Democratic Party during presidential years in the past. And all … Continue reading

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David Weigel: ‘Martin O’Malley in Iowa’

Source:David Weigel– former Governor Martin O’Malley (Democrat, Maryland) in Iowa. “Martin O’Malley in Iowa. Press scrum in Concord, NH.” From David Weigel I don’t think there will ever be another John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton or Barack Obama. These are great … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Nick Gillespie: ‘Everything’s Awesome & Camille Paglia is Unhappy!’

You can also see this post at Real Life Journal, on Blogger. “Growing up as “a gender nonconforming entity” during Eisenhower’s America wasn’t easy for cultural critic and best-selling author Camille Paglia. Her adolescence in small-town, upstate New York was marked … Continue reading

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Salon: Opinion: Mike Conrad: America’s Anti-Liberal Myth: Why Democrats Learned The Wrong Less From 1984

Salon: Opinion: Mike Conrad: America’s Anti-Liberal Myth: Why Democrats Learned The Wrong Lesson From 1984 Just correct some of the things that Mike Conrad said. Walter Mondale lost badly in 1984 to Ronald Reagan winning just one state and just … Continue reading

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Democracy Journal: Robin Marie Averbeck- ‘The History of American Liberalism’

“Rich Yeselson’s essay “What New Left History Gave Us” [Issue #35] is not merely about what New Left historiography did, but what contemporary historians of the liberalism birthed by the New Deal—historians like myself—are currently doing. According to Yeselson, we … Continue reading

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