Tag Archives: Occupy Wall Street

Jonah Goldberg: In Praise of Hippie Punching

“I’m going through one of these moments in which a lot of people have decided that they know my motives better than I do. We don’t need to get into the weeds on that (spoiler: you don’t). But it does … Continue reading

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Robert Reich: Where They’re Raging Against The Establishment

Source:Robert Reich showing his readers the iconic political mascot of his American socialist movement. Source:The New Democrat “A groundswell of rage against the establishment has been growing in America for decades. It became a gale-force wind after the Wall Street … Continue reading

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Black Rose Books: Dimitrios Roussopoulos- The New Left: Legacy and Continuity

Source:Black Rose Books I think I agree with Dimitrios Roussopoulos on just about everyt hing here. Pre-1960 or so, the Left in America, as least the Center-Left, was made up for Liberals and Progressives, who believed in things like civil … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: George Will: A Conflict of Visions

. Pre-1930s there was much if any public social safety net or social insurance in America at least at the federal level. The 1930s with the Great Depression and the New Deal obviously changed that. But Americans were still expected … Continue reading

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Hoover Institution: Uncommon Knowledge- Peter Robison Interviewing Harvey Mansfield: The New Left on Campus

“Ivy League institutions as well as most colleges and universities in America today lean categorically to the left. Why? If academia cares so much about ethnic and gender diversity, why does it overlook intellectual diversity? Harvey Mansfield responds. He also … Continue reading

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David Hoffman: ‘What The 1960s Did To America’

Source:David Hoffman– I believe these are members of Students For a Democratic Society. But don’t quote me on this. “David Hoffman: What The 1960s Did To America” From David Hoffman The 1960s was truly a revolution for American culture and politics. … Continue reading

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David Hoffman: ‘Hippies Remember The Glory Days’

Source:David Hoffman– A 1960s Hippie. (I’m presuming) “To support my efforts to create more clips please donate to me at http://www.patreon.com/allinaday. I am very proud of the TV series I made for PBS called Making Sense of the Sixties. I … Continue reading

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Josh O’Driscoll: Occupy Wall Street Interview: Why it Failed

. I don’t expect to win any new supporters with Occupy Wall Street and the broader Far-Left in America to go along with my three other supporters that I have, Tom, Dick and Harry, from this movement with this post. … Continue reading

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Real Time With Bill Maher: Tells American Socialists to Come Out of the Closet

. The New Democrat Forget about me saying at risk of slapping myself on the back, because I’m just going to slap myself on the back so much, you would think I was being whipped with a belt by a … Continue reading

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Salon: Heather Digby Parton: Chris Matthews and Ed Rendell, Working Class Heroes, In Their Dreams

The New Democrat Salon: Opinion: Heather Digby Parton: Chris Matthews and Ed Rendell, Working Class Heroes, In Their Dreams When MSNBC which is really not much more than a media operation for Occupy Wall Street, the Progressive Caucus and the … Continue reading

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