Anders Brevik and Norwegian Liberalism

Much attention has been paid to recent shootings in America; but the worst shooting in recent history has not taken place in America. Anders Brevik, a Norwegian conservative, opened fire on a youth political camp, killing over 90 people, most of them children. He did this out...

How to determine if you are a liberal or a conservative

Be well and do good; or Be good and do well. This summarized the difference between sincere practicioners of American liberalism and American conservatism . The serious conservatives want to (or claim to want to) follow a strong religious ethical code and to make lots of...

Libertarianism and More Inclusive Liberalism

With the arrival of Ron Paul on America's political scene, libertarianism has gained a visible and effective proponent. To understand what is to be expected from it and what should be done in its presence, it first merits describing what libertarianism is. Libertarian Party...

Liberalism: Dead end?

Western scholars and governments were the strong proponents of liberalism; that is, favouring what they call ‘small government’ which especially does not interfere in economic matters, in other words, market economy. But when the Wall Street Bill is approved, these...

Roman Empire and American Right

The fall of the Roman Empire has been blamed by Christian theologians  on "decadence" and "sin." In fact there was one sin that caused the fall of the Roman Empire, and it is the same sin as one that is responsible for all major failures in history. That...

Labor Boss Acknowledges Own ‘Lambourghini Health Plan’

"Labor Boss Acknowledges Own ‘Lambourghini Health Plan’ at Single-Payer Strategy Conference" For those of you who need more evidence to explain how the nation’s Big Three Automakers ended up in such financial strife, take a look at this video I shot as the only...

NOW President O’Neill Slams Catholic Bishops

"NOW President O’Neill Slams Catholic Bishops" Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, accused Catholic bishops of “smelling blood” and deciding to get involved as backers of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment.  She added that their actions to...

Single-Payer Advocate Says White House Lost Debate on Health Care

Michael Lighty, the former national director of the Democratic Socialists of America who now serves as public policy director of the ultra-liberal California Nurses Association, spent 10 minutes Saturday afternoon addressing a group of roughly 100 single-payer health care...

Single-Payer Advocate 'Wolf in Sheep's Clothing'

“Number one on my list continues to be the insurance companies, the for-profit insurance companies,” said Dr. Quentin Young early in his speech during the opening session of the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in St. Louis. The...

Labor Boss Says He Hopes to ‘Take the Corporate Community an...

Advocates of single-payer health care will not stop there, according to Jerry Tucker, former member of the UAW International Executive Board who now represents the group, Labor for Single Payer.  Speaking during...

‘Make Mine Freedom’ Explains America Today

Michael, the creative mind at My Personal Litmus, believes the 60-year-old animated short, Make Mine Freedom (1948), should be shown to every school child in the United States. Furthermore, he writes: "The...

The London School of Appeasement. The Banning of Douglas Murray

I had the fortune to see the author, Phyllis Chesler speak at an event I went to. She has been on the forefront for Women issues in the U.S. for many years. " The London School of Economics has just banned the...

Remembering Helen Suzman

South African anti-apartheid activist Helen Suzman died yesterday at the age of 91. She was a committed liberal, not only at a time when it was an unfashionable political stance, but in the face of great adversity. As a Jewish woman in a parliament dominated by male Calvinist...

Barack Obama and the Politics of Expectation

"Will he disappoint us? Will we disappoint him? Will we disappoint ourselves?" Read the second installment of the Obama trilogy from The Liberal magazine at: http://www.theliberal.co.uk/Barack_Obama_and_the_Politics_of_Expectation.html

Out of Egypt-A Voice of Reason

"In Focus: From Abu-Fana to Al-Burullus Opinion By Khalil Al-Anani, June 10, 2008Egypt is boiling; this is the least one can say of the general conditions in Egypt. From Abu-Fana monastery, which witnessed violent clashes between Muslims and Copts less than two weeks ago, to...

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