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Barry Kibrick: ‘Love Your Mistakes’
“Mistakes are your best assets. They hone your skills and develop your creativity. Don’t be afraid to make them, the more the merrier.” From Barry Kibrick Eric Metaxas the right-wing author and radio talk show host, once said when he was talking about one of his books and I’m paraphrasing: “We’re all a bunch a screw […]
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Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer Interviewing Amy Alkon- ‘Unfuckology: A Field Guide To Living With Guts and Confidence’
Source: The New Democrat I’m with Michael Shermer on this starting out in this interview where he says he doesn’t know why publishers bleep cuss words in titles of books and or bleep one letter in the title of the … Continue reading
The Economist: Srdja Popovic Interviewing Bassem Youssef- Revolution For Dummies
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat What I would say about this is that it takes a special type of narcissist to want to be a dictator, let alone actually be a dictator. Regardless of whatever … Continue reading
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Tagged Authoritarianism, Authoritarians, Bassem Youssef, Big Government, Comedy, Dictators, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Administration, Donald Trump Presidency, Donald Trump White House, Narcissism, Narcissists, Nationalism, Nationalists, News Satire, Political Comedy, Political Satire, Revolution For Dummies, Srdja Popovic, Statism, Statists
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Gil Troy: Moynihan’s Moment- Daniel P. Moynihan’s Fight Against Zionism is Racism
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat I’ve never understood the New-Left’s hatred of Israel and perhaps the Jewish community in America in general. Socialists are supposed to be for the underdog and looking after their well-being … Continue reading
Woodrow Wilson Center: James Patterson- Freedom is Not Enough: The Moynihan Report
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: Woodrow Wilson Center: James Patterson- Freedom is Not Enough: The Moynihan Report What I take from Freedom is Not Enough from the James Patterson book is that freedom is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Economic Freedom, Economic Liberalism, Education, Freedom is Not Free, James Patterson, Job Training, Liberalism, Pat Moynihan, Poverty in America, Public Assistance, The 1960s, The Moynihan Report, War on Poverty, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work
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BookTV: Lesley Stahl Interviewing Gil Troy- The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s
Source:The New Democrat I guess I generally agree with Gil Troy about Bill Clinton, but perhaps I would put it differently. I don’t see Bill Clinton as either a Centrist, or a Conservative, or a Center-Right Republican. Someone who would be … Continue reading
Juliane Mauer: Seymour Hersh: The Truth Behind JFK
This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on WordPress My like and respect for Jack Kennedy goes to his intelligence, his politics, his policies, what he wanted to do as President. I’m a Liberal Democrat because of JFK … Continue reading
Danielle Allen: ‘Equality in the Declaration of Independence’
Source:Amazon– Danielle Allen’s book about the Declaration of Independence. “The following text is excerpted from Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2014) by Danielle Allen, UPS Foundation Professor in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1978, Amazon, America, American Economy, Center Right, Chicago, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Danielle Allen, Declaration of Independence, Economic Freedom, Free Society, Free State, Individual Freedom, Liberal Democracy, Liberal Society, Liberal State, Liberalism, Liberals, Milton Friedman, Personal Responsibility, Professor Milton Friedman, The 1970s, U.S. Constitution, United States
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GBH Forum Network: Kevin Phillips- ‘American Theocracy: Radical Religion, Oil, and Debt’
Source:GBH Forum Network– Kevin Phillips talking about his book American Theocracy. “Political commentator Kevin Phillips discusses his book, “American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century,” at Cambridge Forum. He argues … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Boston, Cambridge, Christian Conservatism, Christian Conservatives, Christian Nationalism, Christian Nationalists, Far Right, Kevin Phillips, Massachusetts, New Right, Religious Right, Republican Party, Tea Party, Theocracy, Theocrats, United States, WGBH
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The Book Archive: Chris Hedges- ‘American Fascists: The Radical Christian Right’
Source:The Book Archive– Chris Hedges, on the American Christian-Right. Source:FRS FreeState “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America is a non-fiction book by American author Chris Hedges, published in January 2007. Hedges is a former seminary student … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American Fascists, Authoritarianism, Big Government, Chris Hedges, Christian Conservatives, Christian Nationalism, Christian Nationalists, Christian Right, CSPAN, Far-Right, Fascism, Fascists, Nationalism, Nationalists, Religious Conservatives, Religious Right, Right Wing Authoritarianism, Right Wing Statism, Statism, United States
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