Tag Archives: Center Right

The Fiscal Times: Liz Peak: ‘Margaret Thatcher Was Right: A Dependent Society Will Fail’

Source:The Fiscal Times– Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Conservative, United Kingdom) and President Ronald W. Reagan (Republican, United States) and that’s all I know about this photo. Source:The Daily Times “The Bitch is Dead,” read the banner paraded through the streets … Continue reading

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Walter E. Williams: Are We Equal?

Source:FreeState Now There’s a big difference between equal rights, equal treatment and equal opportunity and equality at all costs. All of these things are guaranteed to us as Americans, except for equality at all costs. And compare equality opportunity and … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Gideon Rose: ‘Iraq in Retrospect’

SourceForeign Affairs– welcome to Iraq, also known as Hell on Earth. Source:FRS FreeState “Ten years ago this week, the United States and a few of its allies invaded Iraq, writing the final chapter in Washington’s checkered decades-long relationship with Saddam … Continue reading

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Professor Conor Gearty: ‘Liberty and Security For All’

Source:FRS FreeState If you want to know what I think about the War on Terror. Here are a few quotes that I’ll give you and that should give a pretty good idea. “Give me liberty or give me death”, “without … Continue reading

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President John F. Kennedy: Cuban Missile Crisis Speech: 10/22/1962

Source:FRS FreeState What President Kennedy showed during this crisis was to show that his National Security Council was on top of the situation from the beginning. And the question which was a huge question, was what to do about it … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Ron Haskins: America’s Welfare Transformation

Source:FreeState Now In 1996, a Republican Congress and President Bill Clinton made Welfare to Work the law of the country. Requiring people who are collecting Welfare Insurance to prepare themselves to go to work, go to school, go back to … Continue reading

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Helmer Reenberg: President John F. Kennedy’s 51st Press Conference (March 6, 1963)

Source:FRS FreeState John F. Kennedy, when he became President of The United States in 1961 wanted to do a few things as it relates to economic policy. Go further in social insurance so more people could have access to affordable … Continue reading

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Serge LeMans: Primary (1960)

. Source:The Daily Press The 1960s elections especially the presidential election between Senator John Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon, were fascinating for several reasons. But it was a fascinating election season before Jack Kennedy and Dick Nixon won their … Continue reading

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CBS News: President John F. Kennedy’s Presidential Inaugural Address (1961)

Source:FRS FreeState Inaugural address’ are interesting at least for this reason and depending on what the President at the time says can be interesting for that reason as well but they are at least interesting because it gives the President … Continue reading

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Understanding Power: Noam Chomsky on Liberalism, Freedom & Democracy

. Source:FRS FreeState I have a lot of respect for professor Noam Chomsky’s honesty and being able to communicate exactly where he is politically and being able to articulate what he thinks about other political ideologies. Noam Chomsky is an … Continue reading

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