Followers of FRS FreeState Plus
Top Posts & Pages on FRS FreeState Plus
-
Recent Comments on FRS FreeState Plus
Recent Posts: The New Democrat
CBPP: ‘Policy Basics: Where Do Federal Tax Revenues Come From?’
“The three main sources of federal tax revenue are individual income taxes, payroll taxes, and corporate income taxes. Other sources of tax revenue include excise taxes, the estate tax, and other taxes and fees.” From the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities “Did you know that the U.S. federal government collects more than $3 trillion in […]
Rodney Dangerfield: ‘Discusses Origin of No Respect (1973)’
“Rodney appears as the mystery guest on a 1973 episode of “What’s My Line?”, where he tells the story about how he came up with his iconic line, “I don’t get no respect”. From Rodney Dangerfield We had a post on The New Democrat yesterday (that I actually read, even though I didn’t write it) about […]
The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson: ‘Carl Reiner Talks About His Insecurities’ 1/04/1983
“Carl Reiner Talks About His Insecurities on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson – 01/04/1983” From The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson Watching Carl Reiner spontaneously go into doing Italian opera (especially after claiming he didn’t speak much Italian) I think was probably the highlight of this segment. And then ending with the tabloids was good […]
CBS: Mannix- Gail Fisher: As Peggy Fair
“A classy, smart-looking African-American actress who broke racial barriers in 1970s Hollywood but suffered greatly in her private life years after her TV glory days, award-winning actress Gail Fisher was born on August 18, 1935, in Orange, New Jersey, the youngest of five children. Her father, a carpenter, died when she was only two years […]
Religion & Politics: Benjamin E. Zeller- ‘The Cult of Trump? What Cult Rhetoric Actually Reveals’
“In August, Anthony Scaramucci—the former White House director of communications turned Trump critic—called for the political left to approach the Trump administration the way that concerned individuals would approach a cult. “When you’re trying to deprogram people from a cult, one of the first things you have to do is allow them to change their […]
Bloggers on FRS FreeState Plus
-
Erik Schneider
- The Dick Cavett Show: ‘The Best of Carl Reiner Guest Hosting’
- Willy Beable: Diana Dors Documentary
- The Dick Cavett Show: ‘Hugh Hefner Clashes With Feminists’
- The New Yorker: Douglas Watt- ‘The Glittering, Corrosive Humor of Lenny Bruce’
- The Dick Cavett Show: Raquel Welch- ‘Discuses Myra Breckinridge & Homosexual Audiences’
- Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer- Interviewing Anthony Kronman: ‘The Assault on American Excellence’
- Classic Film & TV Cafe: The Notorious Landlady 1962- ‘Scene with Jack Lemmon and Kim Novak’
- Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer- Interviewing Dr. Donald Hoffman: ‘The Case Against Reality’
- ATHENAISM: ‘Why Is John F. Kennedy so Popular?’
- Evan Carmichael: ‘John F. Kennedy’s Top 10 Rules For Success’
-
Tag Archives: Free Speech
The New Yorker: Douglas Watt- ‘The Glittering, Corrosive Humor of Lenny Bruce’
Source:The New Democrat “Early in 1966, the entertainer Lenny Bruce, who died in the midsummer of that year at the age of forty from a self-administered overdose of morphine, gave his next-to-last public performance, at the Berkeley Community Theatre, a … Continue reading
Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer- Interviewing Anthony Kronman: ‘The Assault on American Excellence’
Source:The New Democrat “The former dean of Yale Law School argues that the feverish egalitarianism gripping college campuses today is out of place at institutions whose job is to prepare citizens to live in a vibrant democracy. In his tenure … Continue reading
ACLU: Sam Walker- ‘Conscientious Objectors’
Source:The New Democrat “The ACLU was born out of World War I and the repression that resulted when the U.S. joined the fight.” “On the night of April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson made the trip from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue … Continue reading
ACLU: A Supreme Court Fight For Students Free Speech Rights- The Story of John and Mary Beth Tinker
Source:The New Democrat If you look at American political culture from the 1960s and 70s, they have a lot of things in common with the Millennial’s today in the sense that they both have serious leanings on the Left ( … Continue reading
The New Yorker: A Hundred Years of American Protest, Then and Now
Source:The New Democrat There’s an old American cliche that this is as American as apple pie. Baseball is as American as apple pie. Hot dogs are American as apple pie. Going to church or your house of worship on Sunday … Continue reading
The New Republic: Opinion- Bryan Mealer: The Struggle For a New American Gospel
Source: The New Democrat As someone who grew up in an Atheist family where both my father and mother were Atheists at least when I was growing up, I believe Mom is more of an Agnostic now, but Dad if … Continue reading
Americans United: ‘We Are Americans United’- For Separation of Church and State
Source: The New Democrat From Wikipedia “The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom … Continue reading
The Thinking Atheist: Seth Andrews- Interviewing Andrew Torrez: Christianity,Crimes, and The Constitution
Source: The New Democrat I believe to believe in the First Amendment, as well as the Fourth Amendment, and I would add Fifth Amendment, you have to believe in the right to choose, the right to believe, the right to … Continue reading
The Economist: Liberalism- Where Did it Come From and Are its Days Numbered?
Source: The New Democrat On this overcast, ugly, cool Memorial Day in the nations capital just outside of Washington, I thought as we celebrate as a country the lives of the people who died for our freedom, I would explain … Continue reading
The Economist: Lane Green- Why Do We Swear?
Source: The New Democrat Warning: this piece could offend a lot of people who are very religious and have a PG-13 mentality. Before I explain why I believe we (meaning Americans, as if there is anyone else ) swear, first … Continue reading
