Tag Archives: Classical Liberalism

Moshe Z. Marvit: A Liberal’s Call to Real Liberty

Source:The New Democrat  So President Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms were a Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, civil liberties and Freedom from Want. Hum that is very interesting especially since The Roosevelt Administration essentially inspired the George W. Bush Administration … Continue reading

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Forbes Magazine: George Leef: Liberalism Day: Time For Liberals to Take Back Liberalism

Source:The New Democrat  I agree that America needs a return to what I at least call real liberalism or probably what is more known as classical liberalism. And call people who are known as ‘modern liberals’ what they are. Which … Continue reading

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Economist’s View: Daniel Little: Economic Institution’s & Democratic Equality

Source:The New Democrat The Opportunity Society that New Democrats started talking about in the late 1980s and early 1990s was also designed to counter the Reagan Revolution of the early 1980s. That made government especially big centralized government look like … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: John Dickerson: Hillary Clinton’s Hard Choices Plays it Safe

Source:The New Democrat   Hillary Clinton did a book event last Friday with a local Washington book store Politics and Prose and was interviewed there by a women who worked for her at the White House in the 1990s and … Continue reading

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The Week: Shikha Dalmia: Affirmative Action is Doomed: Here’s What Progressives Can do About it

Source:The New Democrat  The rhetoric of affirmative action is running out of steam.  The real Roosevelt (Franklin and Theodore) and LBJ Progressives need to step up to the plate and say “We are losing ground badly on this issue and we … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Sr. Semone Campbell: Faith Has Political Consequences

Source:The New Democrat  The American Left, especially the Far-Left, gets stereotyped as being Atheist.  This is reinforced by MSNBC at any point when they are talking about religion.  Ditto,  Salon, The Nation, the AlterNet or  Bill Maher.  But, there’s also … Continue reading

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The Economist: Richard Davies & Zanny Minton-Beddoes: Time to Rethink Retirement

Source:The New Democrat  This emphasizes the great need for improving the skills of workers, especially in America which ranks  39th in the world in education.  That 1 in 5 Americans lives in poverty is already  unacceptable. Our aging population means … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Jeffrey Rosen: Schuette Decision: Supreme Court Supported Precedent: Judicial Restraint

Source:The New Democrat  Jeff Rosen, as almost always, hit it on the mark today in his column in The New Republic.  He said that whether you agree with the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action at the University of Michigan … Continue reading

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Sam Seder: The Difference Between Libertarian and Neoliberal Ideology

The New Democrat Sam Seder is basically right here.  Neo-Liberals, and I guess I’m one of them according to Sammy, believe that government has a role to play in helping the less-fortunate help themselves by providing childcare, education, help finding … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: George Will: ‘Progressives Are Wrong About the Essence of the Constitution’

Source:The New Democrat  The more I hear from today’s, so-called, Progressives, the more I believe that they are from a different country or, at least, have lived a long time in another country. They don’t seem to see the U.S. … Continue reading

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