Tag Archives: Individual Freedom

New America Foundation: Alice Mary McCarthy: America’s Job Training System: Better Than You Think

Source:The New Democrat  There are plenty parts of the Federal budget that I would like to cut back on and reform. Like in defense, agriculture subsidies, corporate welfare, red tape, but one area where I would like to see America … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: Glenn Beck & Andrew Napolitano: The Future of the Republican Party

Source:Liberty Pen– Judge Andrew Napolitano. Source:The New Democrat “Glenn Beck and Andrew Napolitano converse about big government, foreign entanglements and the future of the Republican party. Liberty Pen” From Liberty Pen If you want to know what the definition of Libertarian or … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Elizabeth Nolan Brown: What Libertarianism Isn’t

Source:The New Democrat  I’m getting tired of hearing people say when I tell them or explain in my blogs about what liberalism really is which is about individual rights, individual freedom both personal and economic. Rule of law, constitutional law, … Continue reading

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Sheldon Richman: Crime & Punishment in a Free Society

Source:The New Democrat  Before you talk about crime and punishment in a free society you should first talk about what exactly is crime and punishment and what is a free society. If you are currently confined in prison as a … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Reason-Rupe Poll, Emily Ekins: ‘Millennial’s Aren’t Liberals, They’re Social Liberals’

Source:The New Democrat  Just to talk about this poll for a minute. Millennial’s aren’t Democrats or Republicans in the sense they tend to be registered in one party over the other. But they tend to vote for Democrats over Republicans … Continue reading

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The Week: Damon Linker: Why Liberals Should Cheer the Hobby Lobby Decision

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Damon Linker that real Liberals as I call people who are actually Liberals should support the Hobby Lobby decision. But perhaps I would put it differently. That it is one thing to be pro-choice … 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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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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Slate Magazine: Jay Porter: ‘A Small Business Owners Case For Raising the Minimum Wage’

Source:Slate Magazine– a pro-minimum wage rally. Source:The New Democrat “Nine or ten dollars an hour? Twelve? Or all the way to $15? For much of the country, significant minimum wage hikes are coming—at least in the areas where they haven’t … Continue reading

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