Tag Archives: Libertarians

The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: Ayn Rand (1979)

Source:The New Democrat  Tom Snyder trying to learn about Ayn Rand’s objectivism and in this interview they are getting into religion. And Ayn telling Tom that “religion is wrong and not for people who base their beliefs on religion”. And … Continue reading

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The Federalist: Opinion: David Harsanyi: “Sorry, Libertarians. You’ll Will Never Convert Liberals”: Distinguishing Liberals From Libertarians & Statists

The Federalist: Opinion: David Harsanyi: Sorry, Libertarians. You Will Never Convert Liberals This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on BloggerJust to correct David Harsanyi for a moment. The creation of the nanny state is not a “big … Continue reading

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MSNBC: Up With Steve Kornacki: Michael Steele: ‘Rand Paul Is The Most Dangerous Man in Politics Because he Breaks Downs the Left-Right Paradigm

Source:The New Democrat  Michael Steele is dead right about Rand Paul’s influence on the Republican Party. Because Senator Paul is a Conservative Libertarian in party that has a long history and tradition of conservative libertarianism perhaps going back as far … Continue reading

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The Atlantic: Connor Friedersdorf: Libertarians Can Be a Significant Force For Good in U.S. Politics

Source:The New Democrat I covered this about six months ago or so on why today’s Progressive lets say do not like Libertarians. Why because they are the most serious threat to what today’s Progressives want to accomplish in America. Which is … 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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Washington Post: EJ Dionne: The Vital Incoherent Center

Source:The Washington Post Again it depends on what you mean by liberal and conservative and you do lump Religious Conservatives, Neoconservatives and Libertarians in with Conservatives on the Right and do you lump in Progressives and Socialists, or Social Democrats … Continue reading

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Economic Policy Journal: Robert Ringer: The Individual Versus the State

Source:The New Democrat  I’ve been reading going on for about five years or so now since I started blogging about what is called Laissez-Fair capitalism. Which means government out of the economy. Well let’s think about that for a minute … Continue reading

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Sam Seder: The Difference Between Libertarian and Neoliberal Ideology

The New Democrat Sam Seder is basically right here.  Neo-Liberals, and I guess I’m one of them according to Sammy, believe that government has a role to play in helping the less-fortunate help themselves by providing childcare, education, help finding … Continue reading

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The Heartland Institute: Richard Ebeling- The Free Market vs. The Interventionist State

Source:The New Democrat There is no pure free market economy in the world today.  I use the term private market instead of free market and private enterprise instead of free enterprise.  Any type of economy that’s subjected to taxes and … Continue reading

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