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About Erik Schneider

I use the American Liberal photo as the cover photo for this blog, because that’s exactly what I am. And no, not in the stereotypical, sort of pop culture sense of what an American Liberal is supposed to be. But someone who represents what American liberalism, as well as European liberalism, and perhaps the liberalism of the rest of the world outside of the United States. Liberals are people who believe in defense of liberal democracy, as well as the preservation of liberal democracy. And of course we also believe in liberal democracy with all the individual rights, and other liberal values that come from liberal democracy, the liberal democratic form of government, like equal opportunity, equal rights, equal justice, property rights, individual freedom and freedom of choice for everybody, as well as limited but responsible government, and fiscal responsibility

The Washington Post: Alyssa Rosenberg: ‘If Conservatives Lost the Culture War, That Doesn’t Mean Liberals Won It’

Source:The Washington Post– with a look at the Cultural War. Source:The New Democrat  “The “culture wars” have been a feature of American politics for almost a century, but recently a number of commentators have declared their end. Conservatives have lost, … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Jonathan Cohn: ‘More Taxes Would Make a Better Society’

Source:The New Democrat Well, I guess it is official now, with this piece from Jonathan Cohn, The New Republic (his link is  above)  the classic American liberal magazine is dead.  Or perhaps, it has just been taken over by Socialists or … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Jamelle Bouie: Jim DeMint, American Abolitionism and Constitutional Conservatives

Source:The New DemocratRepresentative Michele Bachmann announced she was running for president in, I believe, August of 2011.  Her  presidential campaign lasted all of four months.  It was one of the shortest presidential campaigns in American history.  When she announced that … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Noam Scheiber: Bed Wetting Leftists: Democrats Who Freak Out Over Setbacks

Source:The New Democrat There’s a faction in the Democratic Party, the far-left fringe,  as well as the broader far-left in America, who, to put it simply, make the perfect the enemy of the good. Any Democrat who doesn’t give them … Continue reading

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New America Foundation: ‘The Shot: Reniqua Allen: Civil Rights in Present Day’

Source:New America Foundation– with a look at fair housing in America. Source:The New Democrat  “This week marks the anniversary of the 1968 Civil Rights Act –intended as a follow-up to the 1964 Act — and emphasized equal opportunity in housing. … Continue reading

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Drew Carey: Whose Line Weird Newscasters

Source:The New Democrat “Whose Line is it Anyway?” for anyone who’s interested in the full title of the show and, if you are,  you probably keep score at home when you are watching bowling on TV.  This is a show … Continue reading

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Drew Carey: Whose Line SuperHeros- Made Up, Don’t Exist

  Source:The New Democrat Who’s Line is it Anyway had a segment called Superheros in which several comedian contestants played made up, non-existent (even in Hollywood), SuperHeros.  To begin, one contestant would be given the beginning of a scenario about … Continue reading

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Gore Vidal: Myra Breckinridge (1970) Starring Raquel Welch

Source:Rotten Tomatoes– Raquel Welch is Myra Breckinridge. Source:The New Democrat “Myron Breckinridge (Rex Reed) flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra (Raquel Welch). She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich … Continue reading

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Alfred Hitchcock: North by Northwest (1959)

Source:The New Democrat North by Northwest is my favorite movie of all time.  Cary Grant is my favorite actor of all time and Alfred Hitchcock is probably my favorite director of all time.  I have a couple versions of this … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Issac Chotner: ‘Ross Douhat Column on Young People: Individualism & Liberalism’

Source:The New Republic– I guess this would be young people in America. Source:The New Democrat  This just in: the Far-Left in America (The New Republic included) doesn’t like anything that Ross Douhat or any other Conservative or real Liberal has … Continue reading

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