Tag Archives: Limited Government

Federalists vs. Unitarians: The Great Debate About The Role of Government

Source:The New Democrat   “Would I Be a Federalist or an Anti-Federalist”  From Scott Bradley “Federalism is the mixed or compound mode of government, combining a general government (the central or ‘federal’ government) with regional governments (provincial, state, cantonal, territorial or other … Continue reading

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Scott Bradley: ‘Should We Try To Legislate Morality?’

Source:The New Democrat   “Should We Try to Legislate Morality?” From Scott Bradley To answer Scott Bradley’s question: no we should not try to legislate morality. At least when it comes to personal behavior and how free adults conduct themselves in their … Continue reading

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Firing Line With William F. Buckley: Senator Barry Goldwater: The Future of Conservatism (1966)

Source:The New Democrat What I’m going to do with this piece is explain what conservatism is in the political sense which is conservatism at it’s core and what it isn’t. As well as other political factions that use the conservative … Continue reading

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Prager U: William Voegeli: Government: Is it Ever Big Enough?

Source:The New Democrat William Voegeli, like most hyper-partisan right-wingers, makes the classical obvious mistake of mixing up social democracy, or democratic socialism or whatever you prefer, with liberalism. In Europe, Liberals, are considered right-wing. Why? Because Social Democrats and Democratic … Continue reading

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Notes On Liberty: Fred Foldvary: Natural Rights & Taxation

Source:The New Democrat Natural rights and taxation. They go hand in hand. We all have the freedom to be ourselves and live our own lives, makes our own beds, but then have to live in the beds that we makes … Continue reading

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Prager U: Dennis Prager- How Big Should Government Be?

Source:The New Democrat Dennis Prager, did a great job of over generalizing here. By suggesting that the Left, as if there is one Left, puts all their faith in big government. While the Right, again as if there is only … Continue reading

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The American Mind: Charles Kesler Interviewing Francis Fukuyama: The Final Form of Human Government

Source:The New Democrat  At risk of sounding insulting, wasn’t Frank Fukuyama a Neoconservative 10-15 years ago and one of the big backers of the Iraq War? I liked his first line about “democracy will only survive if the people want … Continue reading

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Keith Hughes: What is a Conservative?

Source:The New Democrat I’m just going to give you the classical definition of conservative and conservatism and how you believe that relates today, that is up to you. Because I’m not so much into classical or modern when it comes … Continue reading

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The American Mind: Charles Kesler Interviewing William Voegeli: ‘Secrets of The Liberal Agenda’

Source:The New Democrat The title of this video is “The Secret Liberal Agenda”. So hearing that I thought to myself, oh no! The Right has figured out our secret agenda of economic and personal freedom and equality for everyone and … Continue reading

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The American Mind: A Historical Look at American Liberalism- Charles Kesler Interviewing Walter Russell Mead

Source:The New Democrat I like how Walter Mead put it about liberalism that there have been different stages of liberalism, but I would put it differently. And that the Liberals that Mead was talking before America and the Federal Republic … Continue reading

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