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Confusion and language American Style

…governance of a country, including carrying out economic planning notwithstanding the ‘free market’ label.[1] I would suggest that the social structures referred to as “liberal”, “neoliberal”, “conservative” and “neoconservative” and…

Welfare Reform

…was implemented during the late 90s boom. Matt Zetlin wrote One thing that hasn’t happened yet — but should — is that liberals who are noting that Republican obstructionism and…

Liberal Massachusetts Economic Growth

Economy in state outpaces US growth Adds 4,600 jobs through March The Massachusetts economy expanded at a healthy clip in the first three months of the year despite a national…

Mitch Daniels: Liberal

Indiana’s governor is Mitch Daniels. Indiana has a budget deficit. So Fox News reports that Governor Daniels said: I ask the most fortunate among us, those citizens earning over $100,000…

Our Liberal Media

Today’s Washington Post has a lengthy article examining their coverage of the Bush administration’s assertions about Iraq during the period leading up to the war. They contritely conclude this: In…

…perfectly willing to believe that such departments are mostly liberal. Even so, this does not render them useless or even bad. Liberal or not, read Steinbeck, Bellamy, Wright, and London….