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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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The Washington Post: Karen Tumulty: ‘Joe Biden Learned The Hard Way There is No Middle Ground On Abortion’
Source:The New Democrat “There has long been a relatively safe space for a Democratic politician, particularly a Catholic one, to inhabit on the morally fraught issue of abortion. It was the stance that then-Vice President Joe Biden took during a … Continue reading
Posted in The New Democrat, The Washington Post
Tagged 2019, 2020, 2020 Presidential Election, ABC News, Abortion, Abortion Rights, America, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Delaware, Democratic Party, Henry Hyde, Hyde Amendment, Joe Biden, Joe Biden For President, Karen Tumulty, Liberals, Liberlaism, Limited Government, New Democrats, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, Pro Choice, Representative Henry Hyde, Reproductive Rights, The White House, U.S. Government, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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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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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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Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer Interviewing Amy Alkon- ‘Unfuckology: A Field Guide To Living With Guts and Confidence’
Source: The New Democrat I’m with Michael Shermer on this starting out in this interview where he says he doesn’t know why publishers bleep cuss words in titles of books and or bleep one letter in the title of the … Continue reading
Posted in Skeptic, The New Democrat
Tagged 2018, America, Amy Alkon, Center Right, Fear, Free Choice, Freedom of Choice, Individualism, Liberal Democracy, Michael Shermer, Personal Choice, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, Self-Help, Self-Improvement, Unfuckology, 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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Lyle Denniston: Where do Abortion Rights go From Here?
Source:The New Democrat I thought on this beautiful warm morning in the nation’s capital (the capital of the free world) that I would blog about something as unifying as abortion. Where there’s such an absolute consensus, arguing against it is … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Choice, The New Democrat
Tagged ABC News, ABC World News Tonight, Abortion Rights, Freedom of Choice, Health Care Rights, Individual Freedom, Liberalism, Lyle Denniston, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, Pro Choice, Reproductive Rights, Texas, Texas Abortion Case, U.S. Supreme Court
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Brookings Institution: Ron Haskins: $2 a Day, A More Complete Picture
Source:The New Democrat I agree with Ron Haskins here that when today’s Progressives say that Americans in poverty only live on $2 a day, they tend to leave out things like public housing, food assistance, Medicaid to use as examples. … Continue reading
Posted in Brookings Video, The New Democrat
Tagged 2015, America, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Education, Free Society, Individual Freedom, Individualism, Job Training, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism, Liberals, Low-Income Adults, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled Adults, Low-Skilled Workers, Minimum-Wage, New Democrats, Non-Workers, Personal Responsibility, Poverty, Poverty in America, Public Assistance, Ron Haskins, Safety Net, Social Insurance, U.S. Government, United States, Washington, Washington DC, Welfare, Welfare to Work
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Marci Hamilton: The History of Religion in The United States
Source:The New Democrat I believe Marci Hamilton hit it best that one of the great things about America is our Freedom of Religion and religious diversity. Because we are such a diverse country both ethnically and racially a country of … Continue reading
Posted in The New Democrat
Tagged 2015, America, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, First Amendment, Free Society, Free State, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Religion, Individualism, Kentucky, Kim Davis, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism, Liberty, Marci Hamilton, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, Rowan County, Separation of Church and State, U.S. Constitution, United States
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