Tag Archives: Far Left

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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Commentary Magazine: Tom Wilson: ‘Liberalism Ends at Home’

Source:Foreign Affairs– President Woodrow Wilson is the first of the liberal-internationalist president’s. Source:The New Democrat “It is striking that America’s campuses, a sphere arguably dominated by liberals and their agenda, have become places where real tolerance and freedom of expression … 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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Liberty Pen: John Stossel: Naomi Schaffer Riley: War on Women by Feminists

Source:The New Democrat  As a man who doesn’t consider himself a feminist but, perhaps, a masculinist (if there is such a thing) I believe in equal rights and legal protection for all.  People should not be denied things simply because … 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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Salon: Omer Aziz: I’m Proud to Say I’m a Liberal

Salon: Opinion: Omer Aziz: I’m Proud to Say I’m a Liberal: How Conservatives Vulgarized the Word Liberal and Why Liberals Should Take it Back Source:The New Democrat I agree with Omar Aziz that Conservatives have been bashing the words liberalism … Continue reading

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Adolph Reed: ‘What Nihilism? A Response to Michelle Goldberg’

Source:The Nation– “A polling site in Oklahoma City (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)” Also from The Nation. Source:The New Democrat “The focus of left politics must be to change the terms of a debate that leaves us with impoverished choices. It’s only … Continue reading

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The Nation: Michelle Goldberg: Adolph Reed & Electoral Nihilism

The Nation: Opinion: Adolph Reed and Electoral Nihilism Source:The New Democrat A couple of things irritate me about the far left in the Democratic Party (social democrats or even socialists, as I call them) when it comes to their political … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Andrew Cohut: Are Democrats Getting Two Liberal?

Source:The New Democrat  This is where political labels, that is, labels that only describe one’s political ideology, get people into trouble when they don’t understand what the labels mean and what that political ideology is about. I agree with Andrew … Continue reading

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