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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

HBO Films: Magic & Bird- a Courtship of Rivals

Source:The New Democrat This film is about the two men who saved the National Basketball Association in the 1980s. And to know that, you have to be familiar with the NBA back in the late 1970s. The fact that the … Continue reading

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John Dahl: Rounders (1998) The Final Hand

Source:MZ Ybert– Matt Damon as Mike McDermott. Source:The New Democrat “Movie Rounders. Starring: Matt Damon Edward Norton John Turturro Famke Janssen Gretchen Mol with John Malkovich and Martin Landau” From MZ Ybert Great scene because this is really about a guy … Continue reading

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The New America Foundation: ‘Solving the Retirement Puzzle: The Potential of MYRAS to Build a Personal Safety Net’

Source:New America Foundation– with a look at pensions in America. Source:The New Democrat “The growing recognition that millions of Americans are ill-prepared for retirement has prompted a number of state and federal policy proposals to promote retirement security. Yet even … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Matthew Yglesias: Work-Ethic and The Welfare State

Source:The New Democrat This is the real debate we should be having when it comes to poverty in America. How to encourage people who are on Welfare whether they are working or not working either continue to work or go … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Tanner Colby: How The Left’s Embrace of Busing Hurt The Cause of Integration

Source:The New Democrat As a Liberal I believe in things like equal opportunity, Equal Justice Under the Law, wrote a blog about that yesterday. Equal Protection Under Law all of these great liberal values that I believe puts me in … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Noam Scheiber: Socialized Law: A Radical Solution For Inequality

Source:The New Democrat This is an issue even though I haven’t been blogging much about it in the last few years. A few posts here and there, but it is an issue that I’ve thought a lot about a Liberal … Continue reading

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The Hill: Judd Gregg: Progressives Play With Words, Truth

Source:The New Democrat When I think of liberalism, I look to the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, our Constitutional Amendments. Because that is where the core of liberalism is whether it is. Modern or classical and the reason … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Robert Moffitt: Questions About EITC’s Role in the Safety Net

. Source:The New Democrat  The whole point of the Earned Income Tax Credit which was signed into law by Richard Nixon or Gerald Ford, hardly Socialists, or even Liberals, was to encourage low-skilled workers to work even for low- income … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Robert J. Samuelson: The Debate That Wasn’t

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Robert Samuelson that Washington really hasn’t been debating the size of government. But avoiding tough decisions and when they find things they actually want to do that is both parties they either borrow the … Continue reading

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Radical Films: U.S. House Un-American Activities

. Source:The New Democrat  The House Un-American Activities Committee and then later the Joe McCarthy Government Oversight Committee in the Senate were classic cases of guilt by association. Because they assumed some Americans were Un-American and not deserving of being … Continue reading

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