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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

VOA News: ‘VOA On Assignment: Can Jeff Bezos Save The Washington Post?’

Source:VOA News with a look at the paper of record, at least in Washington, The Washington Post. “VOA business reporter Mil Arcega talks with On Assignment’s Philip Alexiou about the significance of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos purchasing The Washington Post. … Continue reading

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President Franklin Roosevelt: The New Deal

Source:Kyrack Kramer– President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat, New York) 32nd President of the United States (1933-45) the New Deal is probably his most memorable domestic legislative accomplishment. “Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in office on 12 April 1945, just a few … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: Clarence Jones- Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech

Source:CSPAN– Dr. Martin L. King’s speechwriter. “Preview – Full Program Airs August 25, 2013 at 5:05pm & 2:05am ET” Source:C-SPAN The I have a Dream speech was a vision for how all Americans should be treated in the United States, … Continue reading

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ABC News: Good Morning America: Is Governor Chris Christie’s Gay Conversion Ban a Sign for 2016?

Source:ABC News– Governor Chris Christie (Republican, New Jersey) “The New Jersey governor’s latest move could affect how voters see him if he runs for president.” From ABC News The religious-right must see Chris Christie as a devil right now

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The Washington Post: ‘Mitch McConnell’s Worst Week’

Source:The Washington Post Chris Cillizza playing political satirist. Or is it cartoonist? Perhaps buffoonist? I don’t know. I expect my followers to figure out the major details and then let me in on them. “The Senate minority leader held his … Continue reading

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ABC News: This Week in Politics: ‘This Week Roundtable’

Source:ABC News with This Week’s roundtable. “Rep. Keith Ellison, Bill Kristol, David Plouffe and Carly Fiorina on ‘This Week.’” From ABC News The problem with the Republican Party is that they don’t have a message that can unite the party, that … Continue reading

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The White House: President Obama’s Weekly Address (08-17-13)

Source:The White House– President Barack H. Obama (Democrat, Illinois) “President Obama says we are on the way to fully implementing the Affordable Care Act and helping millions of Americans.” From The White House President Obama sending mixed signals this week about … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: American Artifacts Preview: One Life: Martin Luther King Jr.

C-SPAN covering the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington this weekend, should be interesting

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The Washington Post: Nia-Malika Henderson: ‘Congress: As Unproductive As it is Unpopular!’

Source:The Washington Post– left to right: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Democrat, Nevada) and House Speaker John (don’t call me Boner) Boehner) the odd couple of inaction and dysfunction. Oh yeah, Nia-Malika Henderson. Perhaps you can tell who is who … Continue reading

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Associated Press: ‘Attorney General Eric Holder Wants Changes in Criminal Justice System’

Source:Associated Press-U.S.Attorney General Eric Holder. “With the U.S. facing massive prison overflow, Attorney General Eric Holder called Monday for major changes to the criminal justice system that would scale back harsh sentences for certain drug related crimes.” From the Associated Press … Continue reading

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