Tag Archives: Collectivism

The New Republic: David Fontana: U.S. Justice Sonia Sotomayor Schuette Dissent: A National Treasure

Source:The New Democrat  U.S. Justice Sonia Sotomayor Dissent on the Shuelette Michigan Affirmative Action Case“Consider this language from Sotomayor’s dissent, which is so unusually compelling in its simplicity in describing the daily experiences of millions of Americans: Race matters to … Continue reading

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Mises Daily: Julian Adorney: ‘Killing the Maximum Wage Myth’

Source:The New Democrat  People on the far left get labeled as Socialists because they have a tendency to advocate socialist policies that are more common in Europe than in America.  The notion of  “maximum wage” that talk show host Bill … Continue reading

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Thom Hartmann: ‘Our Tax System is Up-Side-Down!’

Source:The New Democrat  Thom Hartmann says that he makes his living by producing services for the general public through his talk shows and writings, whereas investors like Mitt Romney make their money by investing in other companies.  When those companies … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Matt Welch: Progressive Puritans: When Did Progressivism Become Statism?

Source:The New Democrat  Progressivism, at least as it has been practiced in recent times, has been a political philosophy that is about using government to make society better at supporting people in need, not to run everything for everybody and … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Jonathan Cohn: Tax Day 2014: ‘More Taxes Would Make a Better Society’

Source:The New Democrat  Well, I guess it is official now, with this piece from Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic (his link is  above)  the classic American liberal magazine is dead.  Or perhaps, it has just been taken over by Socialists … Continue reading

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American Thinker: Rick Moran: Can Stephen Colbert be Funny Without Making Fun of Right-Wingers?

Source:The New Democrat  There’s been this latest complaint, well not really a late complaint, it goes back to at least the 1960s, from the American Right that the American media, especially the entertainment industry, don’t like right-wingers and love to … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Noam Scheiber: Bed Wetting Leftists: Democrats Who Freak Out Over Setbacks

Source:The New Democrat  There’s a faction in the Democratic Party, the far-left fringe,  as well as the broader far-left in America,who, to put it simply, make the perfect the enemy of the good. Any Democrat who doesn’t give them exactly … Continue reading

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The Federalist: David Corbin & Matt Parks: Publius and the Progressives

Source:The New Democrat  I see two dominant political factions in the Democratic Party today.  The first is the FDR/LBJ progressives, who are not Socialists but real Democratic progressives in the best sense of the word. They believe that we should have … Continue reading

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American Thinker: Matthew Ernst: The U.S. Love Affair With Addiction

Source:The New Democrat  I just read an article in the far-right blog called the American Thinker, by Matthew Ernst, who says he is a law enforcement officer or retired law enforcement officer, who tried to make the case for not … Continue reading

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Conel Rad: How to Spot a Communist

Source:The New Democrat  The U.S. government, just a few decades ago, had an undemocratic habit of suppressing dissent by labeling any person or organization whom they perceived as disapproving official actions or policies, for whatever reason, as communist.  In the … Continue reading

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