Category Archives: Liberal Democracy

The New Republic: Opinion- Clint Smith: Affirmative Action As Reparations

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat The main reason why I oppose affirmative action at least in the sense of reward any American or Americans based on race, ethnicity, or gender, is because I have this old … Continue reading

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USA Today: Opinion: Qanta Ahmed- Islamism’s Double Pronged Assault on Liberal Democracy

Source: This post was originally posted at The New Democrat: USA Today: Opinion: Qanta Ahmed- Islamism’s Double Pronged Assault on Liberal Democracy Islamism, from ISIS and other groups, is not just and assault on American and Western values, but its … Continue reading

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Academy of Ideas: John Stuart Mill On Liberty

Academy of Ideas: John Stuart Mill On Liberty When I think of liberty, I don’t think of the liberty to do whatever the hell I want without any consequences. I think of individual liberty, self-determination, free will, the ability for … Continue reading

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Life & Liberty Magazine: Opinion: Julie Borowski: Should Pro-Life People be Forced to Subsidize Planned Parenthood?

Life & Liberty Magazine: Opinion: Julie Borowski: Should Pro-Life People be Forced to Subsidize Planned Parenthood? With all due respect to Julie Borowski over at Life and Liberty Magazine who I personally don’t know and just saw her name for … Continue reading

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

Slate: Opinion: Tanner Colby: How The Left’s Embrace of Busing Hurt The Cause of Integration This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger As a Liberal I believe in things like equal opportunity, Equal Justice Under the … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Opinion- Lane Kenworthy- “America’s Social Democratic Future”: America’s Liberal Democratic Future

Foreign Affairs: Opinion- Lane Kenworthy- America’s Social Democratic Future This post was originally posted at The New Democrat The Affordable Care Act even though health insurance won’t be expanded to all Americans even when fully implemented and that is one … Continue reading

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Colgate University: ‘Liberal Democracy and Its Limits’

Source:Slide Share– the real liberalism. “Slides regarding Liberal Democracy for an undergraduate course in Political Thought that I taught between 2003-2005.” From Slide Share “As a regime type, liberal democracy is defined in terms of its limits – respect for personal … Continue reading

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Thomas Pangle: Liberal Education & Liberal Democracy

Source:University of Texas– Professor Thomas Pangle. “Video recording of a lecture given at Furman University on March 23, 2011 as part of their Tocqueville Lecture Series. Keywords political science, liberal education, liberal democracy, democracy” From The University of Texas Liberal education … Continue reading

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Yale University: Nicholas Wolterstorff- On Faith in Liberal Democracy

“Miroslav Volf interviews Nicholas Wolterstorff of Yale University about the place of faith in liberal democracy. Wolterstorff discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various secular and faith-based conceptions of justice and the public sphere, making a case for the relevance … Continue reading

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Sean Penn: Why Liberal Democracy is Important

Source:Korean 701– actor Sean Pen. “Why? Is “liberal democracy” important?” Source:Korean 701 Liberal Democrat is how I describe my personal politics and personal political philosophy. And what that means because liberalism and what it means to be a Liberal means … Continue reading

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