Tag Archives: 2014

Slate Magazine: Jay Porter: A Small Business Owner’s Care For Raising the Minimum Wage

Source:The New Democrat There are several reasons why I’m in favor of raising the Federal minimum wage. Minimum wage workers are under paid for the work that they do and the services that they perform for their employers. Cashier handle … Continue reading

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Robert Shiller: ‘Better Insurance Against Income Inequality’

Source:The New Democrat I could blog about indexing taxation of income for the wealthy in a couple of ways. One would discuss the fact that it would never pass this Congress, especially with a Republican House. Also, vulnerable Senate Democrats … Continue reading

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George Will: ‘Progressives Are Wrong About The Essence of The Constitution’

Source:The Washington Post– Conservative columnist George Will. Source:The New Democrat “In his latest column for The Washington Post, George Will praises Timothy Sandefur’s superb new book The Conscience of the Constitution: The Declaration of Independence and the Right to Liberty. … Continue reading

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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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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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