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  • Socialism and Radical Environmentalism

    12/13/2009 9:40:38 PM PST · by Brugmansian · 2 replies · 514+ views
    Christian Today ^ | Monday, 14 December 2009 | Bill Muehlenberg
    . . . the so-called New Left of the 60s was really just a rehashing of the Old Left of the 30s and 40s. It was simply a case of the same tired doctrines being arrayed in new garb. As one heavily involved in the New Left at the time, I am fully aware of how we were simply seeking to breathe new life into an old ideology. And as all ideologues, we were blind to the realities of our own position. We willfully chose to ignore or excuse the ugly Soviet expression of the socialist creed. We chose to...
  • United in Hate: The Left's Romance With Tyranny and Terror

    03/04/2009 2:14:43 AM PST · by Cindy · 5 replies · 528+ views
    FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com ^ | March 04, 2009 | Ronald Radosh
    SNIPPET: "Like Hoffer’s Western pro-communists, when the truth emerges about what life is like under fundamentalist Islam, many leftists publicly deny the reports -- as much of the Left did when it first learned about the horrors Pol Pot inflicted on Cambodia. Privately, Glazov argues, the Leftist approves of what has taken place. Indeed, Glazov emphasizes, the violence and horror is what “attracts him in the first place.” They know that without it, the eventual earthly paradise will never be born. After all, as the Bolsheviks used to argue, “you can’t cook an omelet without breaking eggs.” Glazov mentions the...
  • Kristol: A Few Good Liberals (Liberalism stands strong in the United Kingdom)

    04/21/2006 3:21:04 PM PDT · by RWR8189 · 2 replies · 475+ views
    The Weekly Standard ^ | May 1, 2006 | William Kristol
    "WHO TODAY IS CALLED a liberal for strength and confidence in defense of liberty?" Harvey Mansfield asked this question almost 30 years ago in the preface to his Spirit of Liberalism, and the answer was almost self-evident. This was during the Carter administration, and things haven't gotten better since. There have been some exceptions to the rule of liberalism's weakness, but these exceptions have been fleeting, and the rule seems stronger than ever in the America of 2006.Not so in Great Britain. There, Tony Blair has shown strength and confidence in defense of liberty, and it turns out he is...
  • John Kerry and the old left (Leftward Ho')

    01/29/2004 9:47:14 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 3 replies · 96+ views
    OC Register ^ | 1/29/04 | Op/Ed
    <p>Well, there's a reason states have actual primary elections and caucuses rather than relying on public opinion polls and conventional wisdom. The public can be fickle, and races can turn around quickly.</p> <p>Instead of preparing to crown former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean the next Democratic presidential nominee, as most people expected going into the Iowa caucuses, Democratic voters now are moving strongly toward John Kerry, the Massachusetts senator who scored strong victories in Iowa and now New Hampshire.</p>