As we have discussed, classical liberals and libertarians have an uneasy relationship with democracy.  The reason is obvious – classical liberals support unregulated or lightly regulated capitalism, and this is…

…the peace and prosperity brought about by the liberal world order. It may be the case that every generation needs to relearn the lesson that the alternatives to liberal democracy…

…from Democrats. Zeroing in on Harris’s liberal positions from the 2020 race Trump pointed to a number of liberal policies Harris supported during the 2020 presidential campaign, when she tacked…

…anybody liberal coming here.’ And then I’ve had other people say … ‘If you’re not liberal, keep moving.’” Why a complete count takes time The conspiracists have seized on how…

…historically disfavored groups.  The liberal approach to constitutional interpretation goes under names like “living constitutionalism” or “common law constitutionalism”, which emphasize the possibility of informal constitutional change.  Liberals do not…

…a group of American schoolchildren to defend their classmates from “un-American” attacks on their race, religion, or ethnicity. In the 1950s those ideas had produced a “liberal consensus,” shared by…

…published June 2010. DolB: I am a liberal. A label that “progressive” is used in exchange with. I am not a radical, fascist, loony, left winged, socialist, commie. In fact,…

One Salient Oversight sends some thoughts from down under on recycling labels: Think of the common labels thrown out against political opponents these days. What sort of political thinking would…

…over 30’ (until of course we started turning 30 in 1976). Did we deserve being called self-absorbed, I daresay we did. But did we deserve the label of ‘selfish’. Well…

…it. Even with a Senate majority of Democrats and faux Democrats, any alternatives to the PPACA went nowhere. For now and until Congress gets more sympathetic to its constituency, we…