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…top five. And Dean is not that liberal–not nearly as liberal as McGovern or Mondale and it is stupid to allege that he is, and no good can come from…

…and are on balance no less liberal than the population at large; likely they are more liberal). My fear is that universities can say “we consider race as a factor”,…

…am unable to participate at this time. However, I have enclosed $11 to cover the cost of tabulating my survey. No, I favor electing liberal Democrats over the next ten…

Liberalism and Growth

Liberalism and Growth Recently, I said I would try to make the case that liberalism causes growth. Certainly, correlations suggest that this is the case. For instance, income is substantially…

…natural consequence of progressive taxes.” But this leads naturally to an interesting question: Does liberalism cause higher income? Or does high income cause people to be more liberal? Or is…

Liberal Media in Action CNN Headline (from the front page): Alleged Chinese double agent indicted. Nowhere in the story did it mention that the spy in question, Katrina Leung, is…

More Liberal Media The NYT managed to put out a 26 paragraph story on the rise and fall of Ashleigh Banfield without ever mentioning noted jackass, Michael Weiner (a.k.a. Michael…

…it is against Britain’s interests to create a precedent for unilateral military action.” AB Update: Many “liberal hawks” on Iraq find solace in the fact that Tony Blair is in…

…system.” The intern replies “the Veil of Ignorance”. Will replies “John Rawls”. Eric Alterman (What Liberal Media, p. 19): “Contemporary intellectual definitions of liberalism derive by common accord from the…