Nathaniel Ward

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Tag: Progressivism

What I’m Reading — October 11th

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from October 7th to October 11th.

What I’m Reading — October 5th

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web on October 5th

What I’m Reading — September 14th

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from September 13th to September 14th.

What I’m Reading — September 4th

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from August 31st to September 4th.

What I’m Reading — August 30th

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from August 27th to August 30th.

What I’m Reading — May 25th

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from May 23rd to May 25th.

What Does ‘Equal Rights’ Mean?

The concept of rights has been turned upside-down in recent years, as the traditional notion of natural rights inhering in the individual has been replaced with a Progressive understanding of rights emanating from the state.

Progressivism and Pragmatism

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Rich Lowry flags this as the “scariest passage” in President Obama’s address to the Congress (emphasis added):
As soon as I took office, I asked this Congress to send me a recovery plan by President’s Day that would put people back to work and put money in their pockets. Not because I believe in bigger government [...]

Retarding the March of Progress

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In its editorial attacking Republican governors for not accepting certain strings-laden federal “stimulus” funds, the New York Times argues that rejecting these monies retards the march of progress: “But even if new taxes are required at some point, the new federal standards would protect more unemployed workers than ever before and bring states like Louisiana, [...]

Progressive Temperamental Conservatism

On Damon Linker’s definition of a “temperamental conservative” as a progressive.