Tag Archives: America

The New America Foundation: Justin King- Senator Ron Wyden Wants Children’s Savings Accounts

Source:The New Democrat I somewhat covered this last week with a blog on retirement and unemployment accounts for people so they can save for retirement and not have to burn those accounts when they are unemployed, especially for long periods … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Tanner Colby: Its Time For Progressives to Admit Affirmative Action is Not Working

Source:The New Democrat As a liberal I believe in the notions of equal opportunity and justice for all. Without those two concepts liberalism simply doesn’t mean a hell of a lot and it would just be a class philosophy. Taking … Continue reading

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Top Model Baby Belle: Elton John: Candle in the Wind Tribute Marilyn Monroe

Source:The New Democrat The best tribute to Marilyn Monroe because it perfectly sums up Marilyn Monroe’s life is that she was a candle in the wind that blew out far too soon and left a huge hole that no one … Continue reading

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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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