Tag Archives: Personal Freedom

Emi Music: Tom Cochrane- Life is a Highway

Source:The Daily View “Life is a highway, I want to ride it all night long! Tom Cochrane is really on to something with those lyrics. To use a cliche, “life is a marathon and not a sprint.” Meaning you’re going … Continue reading

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Prager U: William Voegeli: ‘Government: Is it Ever Big Enough?’

Source:Prager U– where big government tends to come from. Source:The New Democrat  “Can the government ever be too big? How much spending is enough spending? And if there can be too much spending, where is that point? William Voegeli, Senior … Continue reading

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Constitution Daily: Lyle Denniston- Where do abortion rights go from here?

Source:The New Democrat I thought on this beautiful warm morning in the nation’s capital (the capital of the free world) that I would blog about something as unifying as abortion. Where there’s such an absolute consensus, arguing against it is … Continue reading

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Blue Dem Warriors: ‘Liberals Want Everyone to Have The Same Freedoms and Opportunities’

Source:The New Democrat “Learn more about social liberalism and its roots. Know what social liberals believe and why. Make sure you are prepared for your exam.” Source:Mometrix Academy This is exactly what liberalism is about and what Liberals actually believe. … Continue reading

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AlterNet: Alexandra Rosenmann- Why Noam Chomsky Won’t Call Himself a Modern-Day Liberal

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: AlterNet: Alexandra Rosenmann- Why Noam Chomsky Won’t Call Himself a Modern-Day Liberal I’ve blogged a lot about Noam Chomsky over the last five years or so, because I find him … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Ishaan Tharoor- U.S. Democrats Are Embracing The Term Liberal: What it Means to be a Liberal

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: The Washington Post: Ishaan Tharoor- U.S. Democrats Are Embracing The Term Liberal: What it Means to be a Liberal If you’re someone who believes in the U.S. Constitution, at least … Continue reading

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Notes On Liberty: Edwin Van de Haar- Liberalism & Sovereignty 

Source:Notes on Liberty Here’s another interesting piece and discussion from Notes on Liberty. And something The New Democrat debates all the time in the Classical Liberalism group on Google Plus. If you’re on Google Plus which we are and are … Continue reading

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Notes On Liberty: Fred Foldvary: ‘Natural Rights & Taxation’

Source:The New Democrat – Natural Rights & Taxation. “A moral right is a correlative or flip side of a moral wrong. The right to have X means that it is morally wrong or evil to deny the holder from having X … Continue reading

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Constitution Daily: As Expected, Affirmative Action Arguments Featured Anthony Kennedy & Antonin Scalia

Source:The New Democrat The end of quota set-aside racially and ethnically based affirmative action, is finally coming to an end in America. And may be headed out the door this year with the Texas case at the U.S. Supreme Court. … Continue reading

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New America Foundation: Double Take- Speaking on Freedom of Speech

Source: The Daily Review At risk of sounding like a nationalist, but people right and left have debated whether America is exceptional or not the last ten years or so and debating what is called American Exceptionalism. Is America an … Continue reading

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