19th century liberalism

19th century liberalism

Posted by Tantumblogo in Basics, catachesis, episcopate, error, General Catholic, Papa, reading, sadness, scandals, secularism, Society, Tradition, true leadership. trackback I’ve been reading some works by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre based on some reader recommendations, and I have found much of value. In what is probably his most important work, They…

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American liberalism definition

American liberalism definition

President Franklin Roosevelt helped create a new brand of American liberalism. With the 1932 election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as president, the United States ushered in a new era of liberalism. Roosevelt’s set of government initiatives, known as the New Deal, tried to slow down the effects of the Great Depression and prevent the possibility of…

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What Is conservative?

What Is conservative?

The word is invoked to refer to a number of surprisingly diverse worldviews - - and politicians take advantage of that. Roughly two-fifths of Americans call themselves conservative. What do they mean by the word? It depends. And during a Republican primary, that can be problematic. Every candidate is vying to be the standard-bearer for conservatism…

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Liberal bias definition

Liberal bias definition

The dictionary is changing. And good conservatives know that all change is bad. Therefore, the dictionary has liberal bias. According to the Macmillan Dictionary, “marriage” now means: “The relationship between two people who are husband and wife, or a similar relationship between people of the same sex.” According to the Oxford English Dictionary…

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Do Republicans support the death penalty

Do Republicans support the death penalty

Since 1936, Gallup has been asking Americans, Are you in favor of the death penalty for a person convicted of murder? The percentage of Americans in favor of the death penalty has fluctuated significantly over the years, ranging from a low of 42% in 1966, during a revival of the anti-death penalty movement, to a high of 80% in 1994. More recently…

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Conservative Political Ideology

Conservative Political Ideology

Conservatism prospered in the half-century following the Second World War, but following wide-spread rejection at the polls, substantial policy defeats, and ever-souring popularity, the time has come for conservatives to reexamine and reaffirm their first principles. In this year, which celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of Russell Kirk’s, conservatism…

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Democratic views on affirmative action

Democratic views on affirmative action

The Supreme Court upheld, by a 6-2 vote, a 2006 amendment to the Michigan state constitution banning race-sensitive admissions policies in public universities. With Justice Elena Kagan recused (she had worked on the case as United States solicitor general), eight justices took four different views on whether the federal constitution’s 14th-amendment…

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Liberal perspective

Liberal perspective

Conservatives were disheartened by the Court’s rulings Thursday in King v. Burwell and Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Project . They probably will be disheartened if the Court rules that gay marriage is a constitutional right, which seems likely. I suspect I got the authorship of the Arizona redistricting commission…

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Liberal values

Liberal values

In this absolutely insane piece, Sam Biddle of Gawker claims that the recent Spider-Man movie franchise hasn t been quite as successful because of the traditional values the character has been saddled with in the movies. A document from Sony has surfaced (probably from that infamous hack last year) that lists character traits the studio requires the…

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Democratic views VS Republicans views

Democratic views VS Republicans views

The essay below is not an exact transcript of the video, text has been added or edited, and the video does not cover the entire essay, exactly, but it comes very close. Enjoy! I would like to explain the fundamental difference between the two most prevailing political parties, the Democrats and the Republicans, also referred to as the liberals and the…

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Classical liberalism definition

Classical liberalism definition

SOURCE: AP Photo President Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown signing a law that created the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933. President Roosevelt s so-called New Deal liberalism drew largely from ideas of classic liberalism. The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama Classical liberalism is synonymous with a…

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Definition of current events

Definition of current events

From Edge.org: Science advances by discovering new things and developing new ideas. Few truly new ideas are developed without abandoning old ones first. As theoretical physicist Max Planck (1858-1947) noted, “A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually…

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Definition of classical liberalism

Definition of classical liberalism

The Headmaster of the West London Free School recently asked the governors if it would be possible to come up with a relatively short statement of what s meant by a Classical Liberal Education that could be included in the Staff Handbook. This is a phrase we ve often bandied about, but never tried to define before – at least, not beyond shorthand phrases…

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Liberal ideals

Liberal ideals

Liberal Democrats will return as a political force but first they must work hard, rediscover ideals and rebuild trust, according to the party’s sole remaining MP in Wales. Ceredigion MP Mark Williams is just one of eight Lib Dems left in the Commons and is now deputy leader of the Welsh party. He won the seat from Plaid Cymru in 2005 with a majority…

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Define liberal views

Define liberal views

The title of this essay implies some definite answer – and thus more than can be delivered. Whatever neo-liberalism is, the economic, social, political, and ideological factors that constitute it are too complex to be adequately accounted for in one relatively short piece. This by itself would be a banal truism, were it not for the frequency with which…

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Liberal means

Liberal means

When Harvard researcher Jennifer Pan and MIT researcher Yiqing Xu posted a widely cited new paper, “China’s Ideological Spectrum” on April 12, it marked the first time that anyone has provided large-scale empirical data on the ideological shifts and trends within the Chinese population. China scholars have, of course, lavished attention on these issues…

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History of liberalism

History of liberalism

Sean McCann “‘Down to the people’: Pynchon and Schlesinger ‘after the imperial presidency’” Ever wonder what might happen if novels could be presidents? Sean McCann wants us to – or at least to consider how novelistic form and argument might resonate with resilient fantasies about executive political office in the United States. McCann’s analysis pivots…

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How to argue with a liberal?

How to argue with a liberal?

There’s a knack to winning an argument with a liberal, but the short version is: Play it smart. Ben Shapiro, editor-at-large of Breitbart.com, recently explained to dozens of conservative college students how to do just that the next time they’re attacked by a professor or peer on campus. Conservative students are frequently targeted by left-leaning…

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