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Reason Magazine: Sharif Matar Interviews Director Christopher Kay: What’s Wrong with American Politics? Of by For the American People

Source:The New Democrat  There’s an old saying about the American political system that goes something like this:  It is the worst political system in the world except for all the rest. Not exactly a high bar to shoot for, kind … Continue reading

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The Economist: Inequality in America: How to be a True Progressive

Source:The New Democrat  I’ve mentioned before that I do not qualify as a Progressive, at least from today’s popular definition of it, someone who believes in using government to make society better and fairer with new government social programs that … Continue reading

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VOA News: Luis Ramirez: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Plans Biggest Army Cuts Since World War II

Source:The New Democrat  Secretary Hagel’s proposed cuts in the defense budget address activities that the United States can no longer afford and no longer needs to be doing. This is not about making the United States weaker when it comes … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: Nadie Cohodas: Strom Thurmond Biography: The Politics of Southern Change (1993)

Source:The New Democrat  The best thing I can say about Senator Strom Thurmond, as someone who is not a fan, is that he was a reformed segregationist who reformed his views and rhetoric as the predominant views changed, even in … Continue reading

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CNN: Crossfire: ‘Debating The Minimum Wage’

Source:CNN– Stephen Moore vs Ralph Nader. Source:The New Democrat “Crossfire hosts Newt Gingrich and Van Jones debate the proposed minimum wage increase with Ralph Nader and Stephen Moore” From CNN You would think people who call themselves Conservatives (and I say … Continue reading

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Associated Press: Democratic Governors Push for Minimum Wage Hike

Source:The New Democrat  I’m all in favor of increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour; actually I would even go up to 12.00 dollars an hour over a 5-year period and even index the minimum wage for inflation so … Continue reading

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Russia Today: Thom Hartmann & Tim Cavanaugh: When Conservatives Embraced Big Government

Source:The New Democrat  What Thom Hartmann doesn’t mention is that a lot of those Federal jobs were created in the Reagan Administration in the U.S. Department of Defense and a large number in the private defense industry and most of … Continue reading

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New America Foundation: Justin King: Senator Ron Wyden Wants Children’s Savings Accounts

Source:The New Democrat  I somewhat covered this last week with a blog on retirement and unemployment accounts for people so they can save for retirement and not have to burn those accounts when they are unemployed, especially for long periods … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Tanner Colby: Affirmative Action: It’s Time For Leftists to Admit it Isn’t Working

Source:The New Democrat  As a liberal I believe in the notions of equal opportunity and justice for all. Without those two concepts liberalism simply doesn’t mean a hell of a lot and it would just be a class philosophy. Taking … Continue reading

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Talking Points Memo: Andrea Mitchell Reports- RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: ‘Everything in in Play For 2016’

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports: RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: Everything is in Play For 2016 – YouTube. Source:The New Democrat  Hillary Clinton is the clear 2016 frontrunner for president not just to win the Democratic nomination for president but to be … Continue reading

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