Tag Archives: Classical Liberals

Clinton Library: President Bill Clinton’s 58th Press Conference

Source:The New Democrat  President Bill Clinton’s 58th press conference covering mostly foreign policy especially relating to China and Korea. The situation going on in between the North and South in Korea and what is called MFN or Most Favored Nation … Continue reading

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The Atlantic: Jonathan Rauch: The Great Secession

Source:The New Democrat  I’m not an Atheist or a believer, but an Agnostic who is also a Liberal Constitutionalist who believes in the United States Constitution which is what my liberalism is based on and what liberalism in general at … Continue reading

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Constitution Daily: ‘Danielle Allen Traces Equality in the Declaration of Independence’

Source:The New Democrat  Freedom vs. equality which I guess has been an ongoing debate between Progressives and Libertarians perhaps for an indefinite time now. And this whole discussion is really relates to what is called income inequality. And the Progressives … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: Glen Beck & Andrew Napolitano: The Right to be Left Alone

Source:The New Democrat  The Right to be Left Alone is not an anti-government viewpoint. But this belief that free adults or free Americans are exactly that. That we own ourselves, our bodies and our minds. What we do with our … Continue reading

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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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