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Barry Kibrick: ‘Love Your Mistakes’
“Mistakes are your best assets. They hone your skills and develop your creativity. Don’t be afraid to make them, the more the merrier.” From Barry Kibrick Eric Metaxas the right-wing author and radio talk show host, once said when he was talking about one of his books and I’m paraphrasing: “We’re all a bunch a screw […]
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The Economist: ‘What if Women Ruled The World?’
Source:The New Democrat “Only 6.3% of all international leaders are women. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former Liberian president and Africa’s first elected female head of state, suggests ways to redress the balance.” Source:The Economist To sort of have fun with President … Continue reading
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
Tagged America, Cass Sunstein, 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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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
Posted in Free Speech
Tagged America, Baby Boom, Baby Boom Generation, Baby Boomers, Center Left, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Des Moines, Fascism, First Amendment, Free Choice, Free Expression, Free Speech, Free Will, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Iowa, John Tinker, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism, Liberals, Mary Beth Tinker, Personal Autonomy, Personal Choice, Political Correctness, The 1960s, Tinker V. Des Moines, United States, Vietnam, Vietnam War
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The New Yorker: ‘A Hundred Years of American Protest, Then and Now’
Source:The New Democrat “A split-screen look at how protests in America have evolved over a hundred years. From the civil-rights movement and the Ku Klux Klan to the March for Our Lives and Unite the Right, here’s how mass protests … 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
Posted in Classical Liberalism
Tagged America, Bryan Mealer, Center Left, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, First Amendment, Free Choice, Free Expression, Free Society, Free Speech, Free State, Freedom of Choice, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, History Channel, Liberal Democracy, Liberal Society, Liberal State, Liberal Values, Liberalism, Liberals, Personal Freedom, Religion, United States
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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
Tagged America, Center Left, 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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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
Posted in Free Speech
Tagged America, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, First Amendment, Founding Fathers, Founding Liberals, Free Choice, Free Expression, Free Society, Free Speech, Free State, Freedom of Choice, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Individual Choice, Individual Freedom, Individualism, Liberal Democracy, Liberal Society, Liberal State, Liberalism, Liberals, Limited Government, Personal Freedom, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, 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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National Constitution Center: NCC Staff- Alexander Hamilton’s Vision of Federalism, National Authority & Judicial Review
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat There is very little if any mention and discussion about federalism in this video even though Alexander Hamilton’s vision of federalism is part of the title of the video. But … Continue reading
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