Tag Archives: Washington

NBC News: YouTube Democratic Debate

Source:The New Democrat If you’re familiar with what I wrote about Hillary versus Bernie on Friday, you should know where I’m coming from here. Hillary, wants to be the pragmatic Progressive in this race who knows how to get things … Continue reading

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The Federalist: David Harsanyi: Republicans, Don’t Be Hypocrites On The Filibuster

Source:The New Democrat Senate Republicans, have all the motivation in the world to not only be in favor of the filibuster, but to want to keep it even though they’re current in the majority in this Congress. They could easily … Continue reading

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Forward With Roosevelt: Paul M. Sparrow: ‘FDR’s Four Freedom’s Speech Remastered’

Source:FDR Library– with a look at President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech. “There is only one speech in American history that inspired a multitude of books and films, the establishment of its own park, a series of paintings by … Continue reading

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PBS: ‘Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings’

Source:PBS– The Summer of Judgement (1983) Source:The New Democrat  “Produced by WETA, Washington DC, and aired on PBS in 1983, the second of the Summer of Judgment series reflects on the events surrounding the Watergate Affair during the summer of … Continue reading

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Crash Course: Craig Benzine: ‘The Bicameral Congress: Crash Course Government & Politics’

Source:Crash Course– with a look at the United States Congress. Source:The New Democrat “In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the United States Congress, and why it’s bicameral, and what bicameral means. Craig tells you what the Senate and House … 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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Conservable Economist: Timothy Taylor- President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the Opportunity Cost of War

Source:The New Democrat General and then later President Dwight Eisenhower, represents at least one major lesson that Neoconservatives never learned. Which is the limits of American military power and the limits to what America can do by ourselves militarily. President … 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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The Week in Review: 2015 Holiday Season

Source:The Daily Review My 2015 holiday season other than not seeing the sun at all until really my last day in Port Ludlow, Washington which is about an hour or so outside of Seattle in Kitsap County just off of … Continue reading

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Constitution Daily: Happy Days Are Here Again: The 21st Amendment Repeals Prohibition

Source:The New Democrat If you think the so-called War on Drugs in America goes back to 1971 which is way too long for a failed bogus war to go back to, you would think that at some point the boy … Continue reading

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