Tag Archives: Individual Freedom

Townhall: Opinion: Jacob Sullum: Pot, Poker, Prohibition: Do Republicans Really Want to be the Party of Unprincipled Killjoys?

Townhall: Opinion: Jacob Sullum: Pot, Poker and Prohibitionism: Do Republicans Really Want to be the Party of Unprincipled Killjoys? Rik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Issac Chotner: Ross Douhat Column on Young People: Individualism & Liberalism

Source:The New Democrat  This blog talks a lot about labels, especially what they mean in politics.  Thus, when I read a column in the  New Republic, that no longer looks like that great liberal magazine that once questioned the influence … Continue reading

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Hoover Institution: Richard Epstein: Our Property Principle

Source:The New Democrat  I guess because of the way I look at the United States Constitution, I would be described as a Liberal Constitutionalist, who looks at the entire Constitution and doesn’t pick out parts that I like and rail … Continue reading

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Sam Seder: Caller: Did Affirmative Action Hurt the Liberal Project?

Source:The New Democrat  Affirmative action didn’t hurt the cause of actual Liberals because Liberals believe in equal opportunity for all regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and so forth.  The key word is “opportunity,” that people are not judged by … Continue reading

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Andrew Sullivan: ‘Why is Liberal a Dirty Word?’

Source:The New Democrat  The reason why in the past the word Liberal has almost been seen as bad as a cuss word or someone would call someone a Liberal like they would call someone a jerk or a bastard or … Continue reading

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The Federalist: Fred Cole: Sweat The Details Later

Source:The New Democrat  This is the debate that the Republican Party should be having right now. Between Libertarians the Ron Paul’s of the world and the Conservative libertarian branch the old Barry Goldwater/Ronald Reagan wing of the party that seems … Continue reading

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Sam Seder: Video: ObamaCare Equals Freedom?

. The New Democrat Freedom if that is really what this is about is the ability for people to run their own lives and be able to make the decisions about their own lives. And I’m talking about both from … Continue reading

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Richard Eskow: The Populist Moment

Source:The New Democrat  It is hard to describe America from an ideological standpoint as a whole. Because we are such a huge and vast country and then you throw in all of our political diversity. We are a country by … Continue reading

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National Journal: Peter Beinart: The End of American Exceptionalism?

Source:The New Democrat  American exceptionalism is an interesting difficult thing to talk about because it is hard to define. And the fact that exceptional is by itself neither good or bad, it is just different. You could have an exceptionally … Continue reading

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Paul Ibbetson: Larry Schweikart: ‘A Patriot’s History of The Modern World’

. Source:The New Democrat  I love the United States Constitution. The whole document and not parts of it like the Far-Right and Far-Left like to pick off. And say this what is great about the Constitution as they try to … Continue reading

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