Tag Archives: Limited Government

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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Washington Examiner: Michael Barone: Why Government Isn’t Working and How to Make it Work Better

Source:The New Democrat  To put it simply government doesn’t work very well when it tries to do too much, or doesn’t do things that it shouldn’t be doing. There I said it and have made that clear. So there’s no … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Danny Vinik: President Obama’s Promise to Not Raise Taxes on the Middle Class Makes Governing Harder

Source:The New Democrat  I’m just going to be real here and say that Socialists have this belief that if government especially the federal government or central government (depending on the country) is not doing something or running something that is … Continue reading

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Economist’s View: Daniel Little: Economic Institution’s & Democratic Equality

Source:The New Democrat The Opportunity Society that New Democrats started talking about in the late 1980s and early 1990s was also designed to counter the Reagan Revolution of the early 1980s. That made government especially big centralized government look like … 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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The Modern Socialist: Brandon Payton-Carrillo: The Purpose of Government

The New Democrat The Modern Socialist: Opinion: Brandon Payton-Carrillo: What is the Purpose of Government? This is the perfect question to be asking and debating, because it goes to the heart of a big debate America has debated as a … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Robert J. Samuelson: The Debate That Wasn’t

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Robert Samuelson that Washington really hasn’t been debating the size of government. But avoiding tough decisions and when they find things they actually want to do that is both parties they either borrow the … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Steve Rosenthal: American Politics Are Moving Left

Source:The New Democrat  As America is getting more diverse and younger as a country we are becoming more diverse as a country. Not just racially and ethnically, but how we look at politics as well. The more time Americans spend … Continue reading

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National Affairs: Opinion: Henry Olsen: Conservatism For The People

National Affairs: Opinion: Henry Olsen: Conservatism For The People This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger “Conservatism For The People”, with all due respect what the hell does that mean? I mean if that is the … Continue reading

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Harvard University: ‘Reform Conservatism: The Future of the Republican Party?’

Source:The New Democrat “April Ponnuru, Policy Director of the Young Guns Network; Ramesh Ponnuru, Senior Editor of the National Review; and Pete Wehner, Senior Fellow in the Ethics and Public Policy Center joined moderator Kristen Soltis Anderson, Fall 2014 IOP … Continue reading

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