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President Volodmyr Zelenskyy: The Trump Peace Plan
“President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that Ukraine has to confront the possibility of losing its dignity or risking the loss of a key partner as it figures out how to respond to a U.S. peace proposal to end Russia-Ukraine conflict. (Produced by Elaine Carroll).” Source:Associated Press with a look at President Volodmyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. […]
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Foreign Affairs: Sebastian Mallaby: ‘How Should a Liberal Be?’
Source:The New Democrat “In James Grant, it sometimes seems, the nineteenth century has been resuscitated. Towering, gaunt, bow-tied, and pinstriped, he writes with a sly wit that recalls the novels of William Thackeray. His signal achievement is a fortnightly cult … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Affairs Video, The New Democrat
Tagged 2019, America, CBS News, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Economic Freedom, Founding Fathers, Founding Liberals, Free Choice, Free Will, Freedom of Choice, John F. Kennedy, Liberal Values, Liberalism, Liberals, Limited Government, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, President John F. Kennedy, President Thomas Jefferson, Property Rights, Sabastian Mallaby, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, United States
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Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer- Interviewing Cass R. Sunstein: On Freedom
Source:The New Democrat “In addition to discussing his book Sunstein and Shermer talk about what it was like to work in the Obama administration, the issue of free will and determinism in the context of his theory of libertarian paternalism … Continue reading
Posted in Skeptic, The New Democrat
Tagged 2019, America, Cass Sunstein, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Economic Freedom, Free Choice, Free Will, Freedom, Freedom of Choice, Individual Freedom, Individualism, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism, Liberals, Michael Shermer, On Freedom, Personal Choice, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, United States
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CPH: David Levering Lewis- The Improbable Wendell Willkie
Source:The New Democrat “In the wake of one of the most tumultuous Republican conventions ever, the party of Lincoln nominated in 1940 a prominent businessman and former Democrat who could have saved America’s sclerotic political system. Although Wendell Lewis Willkie … Continue reading
Posted in Classical Liberalism, The New Democrat
Tagged 2019, America, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Dallas, Dallas Texas, David Levering Lewis, Economic Freedom, Indiana, Individual Rights, Liberalism, Liberals, Limited Government, Personal Freedom, Republican Party, Southern Methodist University, Texas, The 1940 Presidential Campaign, The 1940s, U.S. Constitution, United States, Wendell Willkie, Wendell Willkie For President, Wendell Willkie's Career, Wendell Willkie's Life
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The Economist: ‘The Literature of Liberalism’
Source: The New Democrat “THE definition of liberalism has long been the source of disagreement. The tension between its various strands—such as American progressivism, libertarianism and the classical tradition in which The Economist was founded—can seem irreconcilable. So for Open … Continue reading
Posted in The Economist, The New Democrat
Tagged 2018, America, Britain, Center Right, Central European University, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Economic Freedom, England, Equal Justice, Equal Rights, Europe, European Union, Free Choice, Free Society, Free State, Freedom of Choice, Individual Freedom, Individual Rights, Individualism, Liberal Democracy, Liberal Society, Liberal State, Liberalism, Liberals, Limited Government, Open Society, Personal Choice, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, Pluralism, Property Rights, Roger Scruton, Rule of Law, The Economist, United Kingdom, United States
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The Economist: John Stuart Mill- Against Tyranny of The Majority: The Father of Liberalism
Source: The New Democrat What is this is really about is democracy and there several different forms of democracy which I’m going to explain here. And if you’re familiar with this blog and my writing, you know that we believe … Continue reading
Posted in Classical Liberalism, The New Democrat
Tagged 2018, America, Center Right, Checks and Balances, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Economic Freedom, Federal Republic, Federalism, Federalists, Free Society, Free State, Individual Freedom, Individual Rights, John Locke, John Stuart Mill, Liberal Democracy, Liberal Society, Liberal State, Liberalism, Liberals, Limited Government, Operation of Powers, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, Rule of Law, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Government, United States
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The Economist: ‘Liberalism- Where Did it Come From and Are its Days Numbered?’
Source:The New Democrat “Liberalism has been the dominant political philosophy in the West for more than 200 years. Populists say liberals are too elite and are out of touch with ordinary people. Here’s what you need to know about liberalism … Continue reading
Posted in The Economist, The New Democrat
Tagged 2018, America, Britain, Canada, Center Right, Checks and Balances, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Economic Freedom, Europe, European Union, Free Speech, Individual Freedom, Individual Liberty, Individual Rights, Individualism, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism, Liberals, Limited Government, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, Rule of Law, Separation of Powers, United Kingdom, United States
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The New America Foundation: Lara Burt- TANF and Teachers: How Current Policies Are Keeping Single Mothers Down & Out of School
Source:The New Democrat It’s not that TANF or the Temporary Assistance For Needy Families, hasn’t succeed, because it has. Take away the Great Recession and we’re not looking at a twenty-percent poverty rate today, because under TANF low-income parents are … Continue reading
Posted in New America Foundation, The New Democrat
Tagged 2016, America, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Economic Development, Economic Freedom, Economic Liberalism, Education, Job Training, Lara Burt, Liberalism, Liberals, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled Adults, Low-Skilled Workers, Middle Class, Poverty, Poverty in America, Public Assistance, Ron Haskins, TANF, United States, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work
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James Patterson: Freedom is Not Enough: The Moynihan Report
Source:The New Democrat What I take from Freedom is Not Enough from the James Patterson book is that freedom is not free. Unless you have the skills to get yourself the job that earns you the income to live as … Continue reading
Posted in Book TV, The New Democrat
Tagged 2015, America, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, 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, United States, War on Poverty, Washington, Washington DC, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work, Wilson Center
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Third Way: Ready For The New Economy
Source:The New Democrat The Democratic economic agenda for 2016 needs to be both different and better than the Republican economic agenda. (assuming either party offers one) For Democrats to retain the presidency and do well in Congress. Which means at … Continue reading
Posted in The New Democrat
Tagged 2015, 2016 Presidential Election, America, American Economy, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Democratic Party, Economic Freedom, Economic Growth, Economic Liberalism, Free Society, Gabe Horwitz, Hillary Clinton, Jim Kessler, Job Growth, Jonathan Cowan, Joon Suh, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism, Liberals, Limited Government, Martin O'Malley, Middle Class, New Democrats, Smart Government, United Sates
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Academy of Ideas: John Stuart Mill On Liberty
Source:Academy of Ideas- Source:The New Democrat 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 people to … Continue reading
Posted in Liberal Democracy, The New Democrat
Tagged 2015, America, Center Right, Economic Freedom, Educated Society, Free Society, Freedom, Individual Freedom, Individual Liberty, Individualism, John Stuart Mill, Liberal Democracy, Liberal Society, Liberal State, Liberalism, Liberty, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, Social Liberalism, United States
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