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Democracy Journal: Robin Marie Averbeck- ‘The History of American Liberalism’

“Rich Yeselson’s essay “What New Left History Gave Us” [Issue #35] is not merely about what New Left historiography did, but what contemporary historians of the liberalism birthed by the New Deal—historians like myself—are currently doing. According to Yeselson, we … Continue reading

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The American Mind: Charles Kesler Interviewing Francis Fukuyama: The Final Form of Human Government

. At risk of sounding insulting, wasn’t Frank Fukuyama a Neoconservative 10-15 years ago and one of the big backers of the Iraq War? I liked his first line about “democracy will only survive if the people want democracy.” I … Continue reading

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Salon: Bert Neuborne: The First Amendment As We Know it Today Didn’t Exist Until The 1960s

Salon I guess my question for Bert Neuborne who wrote this piece over at Salon would be did our First Amendment as we at least know it today didn’t exist until the 1960s, or is it just that the U.S. … Continue reading

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The Atlantic: Shadi Hamid- ‘France’s False Choice: Can Islam and Liberalism Coexist?’

Source:The Atlantic– Middle Easterners in France. “The impressive and inspiring show of solidarity at France’s unity march on January 11—which brought together millions of people and more than 40 world leaders—was not necessarily a sign of good things to come. … Continue reading

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The Federalist : David Corbin & Matt Parks: Liberty and The Bill of Rights

Source:The Federalist In that entire piece by David Corbin and Matt Parks I found one thing that I agree with them on. Having to do with two of our constitutional rights that have been weaken since the so-called War on … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig: Catholic Upbringing Made Me a Libertarian Activist’

Source:The New Republic– Libertarian porn star Belle Knox? “Belle Knox, the enterprising Duke undergraduate who ascended to fame last year after her porn career was discovered by nosy classmates, has decided to direct her notoriety to politics. In an interview … Continue reading

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The American Mind: Charles R. Kesler Interviewing Walter R. Mead- ‘A Historical Look at American Liberalism’

Source:The American Mind– political scientist and historian Professor Walter Russell Mead, about American liberalism. “American Mind host Charles R. Kesler interviews Professor Walter Russell Mead of Bard College about the history of American liberalism. This is the first interview in … 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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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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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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