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America’s position as the sole great power within the international system has come to an end. The future of the liberal world order has become precarious. Brief History & Theoretical Concepts in International Relations The balance of power within the...
by frankfaiola
on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 10:11 PM PST
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This isn’t a diary, just a pointer to a really great guest essay in the New York Times. Cass Sunstein explains “Why I Am A Liberal” by explaining in great detail what liberalism is and is not. He describes liberalism’s six pillars — “freedom, human...
by Girasol
on Mon Nov 20, 2023 at 07:55 AM PST
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World's richest man Elon Musk went on libertarian entertainer Joe Rogan’s podcast on Tuesday. In the clip below, Rogan tries to get Musk to open up on how he feels after one year of ownership of X (
by Walter Einenkel
on Sat Nov 04, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Namoi Klein has had a weird couple of years. �She has been constantly confused for Namoi Wolf, a former feminist who has gone, not to put too fine a point on it, cuckoo for coco puffs. �There is ...
by angryea
on Tue Oct 24, 2023 at 05:00 AM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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Briahna Joy Gray: “Biden can be ten times better than Trump… I’m not voting for him.” — 2023 Briahna Joy Gray, 38, is an American political commentator on Rising from The Hill, a former corporate lawyer, and political consultant who served as the...
by frankfaiola
on Sun Oct 22, 2023 at 07:48 PM PDT
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Thomas B. Edsall, an American journalist and academic, wrote an outlandish opinion piece in the New York Times that claims small-dollar donations to political candidates are the real problem, not big money in politics. His piece was titled “Small...
by frankfaiola
on Sun Oct 22, 2023 at 03:28 PM PDT
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Back on September 1, 2023 The NY Times editorial board used one of their headlines to do some implied false equivalence by omission. Partisan Politics Put a Huge Win for Public Health at Risk To make a long editorial short, it was all about how the...
by xaxnar
on Wed Sep 06, 2023 at 05:46 AM PDT
with 7 Recommends
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I'm Woke Click for song of adoption of derogatory terms as a source of pride
by waldeniii
on Thu Aug 17, 2023 at 12:04 PM PDT
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Here’s a musing for my own purposes, as a way to better clarify my thinking. Perhaps some others might find it useful or amusing. My conservative friends think I'm a liberal, my liberal friends think I’m kind of conservative. For the most part, I’m...
by dlsamson
on Mon Jul 03, 2023 at 11:57 AM PDT
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For several years when I was younger, I was part of an independent small Christian church not affiliated with any Catholic or Protestant organization or denomination. The church did not have a creedbook, theology statements, doctrinal coda, or other...
by SteveDavis
on Fri Jun 09, 2023 at 08:07 AM PDT
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I wonder if someone born with a heart defect thinks they should have a working heart? I wonder if someone born with a deformed limb thinks they should have access to health care that would solve that issue and give them a better life. Should a child...
by iarnstein
on Mon May 15, 2023 at 08:22 PM PDT
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People are genuinely funny. Hilarious, right? That was courtesy of this Reddit thread. Here is Tom Harwood, a British conservative commentator, making the ludicrous assertion that capitalism is “inherently altruistic”—until he has to pay over seven...
by kos
on Fri May 05, 2023 at 12:30 PM PDT
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This will prove interesting. Disney has a huge family friendly non-controversial message about love, kindness, death (coco), and the importance of family, and finding yourself despite bigotry and ignorance (Luca (a favorite)). Disney has also added to...
by iarnstein
on Wed Apr 26, 2023 at 12:43 PM PDT
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Taylor Brorby has a guest editorial in The NY Times: The Real Reason North Dakota Is Going After Books and Librarians ...two pieces of legislation that may soon be signed into law in North Dakota would make it possible to restrict libraries and, in...
by xaxnar
on Fri Feb 24, 2023 at 02:46 PM PST
with 11 Recommends
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Why do you help others? 1- They- If you give that person money for food he will just spend it on drugs or alcohol. Us- If I give that person money for food they have a choice to buy food with it. If I do not give them money for food they will go hungry...
by McCrowlerr
on Thu Feb 09, 2023 at 08:28 AM PST
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The reason why Republican demagogues always claim to be victims is because fear and loathing is their stock in trade, and feelings of aggrievement and victimhood are the kindling accelerating the fear, the loathing, and the anger that justifies the...
by Steve McKeand
on Wed Feb 01, 2023 at 01:01 PM PST
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First a couple of clarifications — I am still a liberal, and will continue to be one until I leave this earth. I am comfortable with that term, which has been a self-descriptor for at least 6 decades. Second, I will turn 77 in just under four months. I...
by teacherken
on Sat Jan 28, 2023 at 09:26 AM PST
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[Please participate in poll below to share how and if this premise could play out] Isn’t it time that outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi extracts the appropriate pound of flesh from every House member who participated directly in the Jan. 6th...
by ProgToddNorCal
on Sun Nov 20, 2022 at 01:09 PM PST
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I, William Fine, authored this obituary on my Father, Dr. Daniel Fine, in today’s (Sunday 11/23/2022) Washington Post. → the full obituary is here→ www.legacy.com/...“ DANIEL FINE OBITUARY FINE DR. DANIEL FINE Dr. Daniel Fine unexpectantly passed away...
by bluewill
on Sun Nov 13, 2022 at 01:28 PM PST
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The right has a thesaurus of insults it hurls at the left. They accuse liberals of being “socialist,”, “communist,” “statist,” and “woke.” Their overarching claim is that "nanny state" Democrats are the party of “big government” — while they sell...
by TheCriticalMind
on Tue Nov 01, 2022 at 03:01 PM PDT
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