...air: “We, the Nazis were the natural allies of the Zionists – not the so called “liberal democracies”. Our idea was to clean Europe of Jews, our i... ...“We, the Nazis were the natural allies of the Zionists – not the so called “liberal democracies”. Our idea was to clean Europe of Jews, our intractab... ...you understand.” “So …” “So, Magda secretly converted to Judaism in one of the liberal synagogues in Berlin. She told no one except Chaim. No o...

...Rabid nationalism against utopian regionalism, fascism (really, opportunism) versus liberalism, religion- tinted traditionalism (the local moribund e... ...wn American spines. It tends to ignore reality, though. Montenegro is playing the liberal card deftly, no doubt - but it is also a haven of smuggl... ...two axes of friction: Islam versus Christianity and fascism and nationalism versus liberalism. It is hard to do justice to these topics in the Proc... ...verse as Iraq, Egypt, Norway, Latin America, and Britain. At the end of the 1930's, liberal capitalism, communism, and fascism (and its mutations) ... ...ety. Dissent was outlawed. The Soviet rulers accepted the existence of the Western liberal democracies as a temporary inconvenience to be terminate... ...sent was outlawed. The Soviet rulers accepted the existence of the Western liberal democracies as a temporary inconvenience to be terminated with e... ...tion was to supply the USSR and its allies (clients, really) with credits. Liberal democracies were expected to contribute to their own demise with... ...mic freedoms in their country was regarded as a security threat to Western liberal democracies. The Soviet population, not afraid of mass terror of... ... failing or dysfunctional states, is an inevitable security threat towards Western democracies. For totalitarian states and organisations, confront...

...he evolution of English. The Treasure of Our Tongue nourishes the rise of democracies. 13. He Unchained Books The German goldsmith’s invention fr... ...who emphasized science and dialectical logic. In York, the monk Alcuin‘s liberal arts and sciences (LAS) school had become widely recognized for it... ... excellence. Together, the trivium and the quadrivium comprised its seven liberal arts. Preparatory work, the trivium’s language arts included the s... ...being illiterate—or maybe because of it—Charlemagne was a champion of the liberal arts and sciences, even though he may have been too old to advance ... ...ms. Possibly even more significant was the rapid increase in the number of liberal arts colleges throughout the world. Many historians title this pe... ... led him to write his epitaph focused on his trade. Printers Spur Rise of Democracies 18 Printers’ roles in the rise of democracies were so manifol... ...couraged the sharing of knowledge in a manner conducive to the success of democracies. The Treasure of Our Tongue drizzled mists of free speech and ...

...creating public works projects has become popular again. An idea that "saved' democracies in the 1930's during the great depression. But did Ke... ...the 1930's during the great depression. But did Keynesian economics save Democracies in the 1930's?. It helped create employment, but even... ... seem irrelevant today, but in the coming years, a challenge to even the most liberal minded thinkers, faced with the socioeconomic problems linked ...

...almost spontaneously, in Massachusetts and the other New England colonies. Democracies were the natural growth of the New World. As to Massachusetts, ... ...his money from the wharf to the provincial treasury. Was not this a pretty liberal reward?” “The mothers of the young men who were killed at the siege...

... I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam and Liberalism IV. The New Rome - America, the Reluctant Empire V. ... ...Sodom and Gomorrah, a cesspool of immorality and spiritual decay. To many European liberals, the United states is a throwback to darker ages of rel... ... typically devalue most that which we have formerly idealized and idolized. To the liberal-minded, the United States of America reified the most no... .... Blair Narcissism, Group Behavior, and Terrorism The Iraqi and the Madman Islam and Liberalism Back to the Table of Contents! Containing the United ... ...kmanship. The article clearly identifies America's (capitalistic) economy and its (liberal, pluralistic, religious and democratic) values as its co... ...ia, and East Europe can attest, these vital lessons are lost on the dozens of "new democracies" the world over. Many of these presidents and prime ... ...on, and collusion with Western interests, both commercial and political. The new "democracies" are thinly-disguised and criminalized plutocracies ... ...archies (Macedonia, Bosnia, and Iraq, to mention three recent examples). The new "democracies" suffer from many of the same ills that afflict thei... ...e myth breaks down. For instance, it is maintained by their chief proponents that democracies are more peaceful than dictatorships. But the two mo...

...riven the gullible human race to the verge of annihilation and back. Participatory democracies have degenerated everywhere into venal plutocracies.... ... of humans, though molded by common experience, Jews are not a monolith. There are liberal Jews and orthodox Jews, narcissists and altruists, unscr... ...ere is no precedent to the extant fortean transition from totalitarian communism to liberal capitalism. This might well be true. Yet, nascent capit... ...d pension plans, and so on. d. Opportunities to be corrupt should be minimized by liberalizing and deregulating the economy. Red tape should be mi... ...ia, and East Europe can attest, these vital lessons are lost on the dozens of "new democracies" the world over. Many of these presidents and prime ... ...n, and collusion with Western interests, both commercial and political. The new "democracies" are thinly-disguised and criminalized plutocracies ... ...archies (Macedonia, Bosnia, and Iraq, to mention three recent examples). The new "democracies" suffer from many of the same ills that afflict thei... ...er of the unfit. But even these innocuous variants of eugenics fly in the face of liberalism. Inequality, claim the proponents of hereditary ameli... ...politics. Their raison d'etre and vigor were derived from their rabid opposition to liberalism, communism, conservatism, rationalism, and individual...

...riven the gullible human race to the verge of annihilation and back. Participatory democracies have degenerated everywhere into venal plutocracies.... ... of humans, though molded by common experience, Jews are not a monolith. There are liberal Jews and orthodox Jews, narcissists and altruists, unscr... ...ere is no precedent to the extant fortean transition from totalitarian communism to liberal capitalism. This might well be true. Yet, nascent capit... ...d pension plans, and so on. d. Opportunities to be corrupt should be minimized by liberalizing and deregulating the economy. Red tape should be mi... ...ia, and East Europe can attest, these vital lessons are lost on the dozens of "new democracies" the world over. Many of these presidents and prime ... ...n, and collusion with Western interests, both commercial and political. The new "democracies" are thinly-disguised and criminalized plutocracies ... ...archies (Macedonia, Bosnia, and Iraq, to mention three recent examples). The new "democracies" suffer from many of the same ills that afflict thei... ...er of the unfit. But even these innocuous variants of eugenics fly in the face of liberalism. Inequality, claim the proponents of hereditary ameli... ...politics. Their raison d'etre and vigor were derived from their rabid opposition to liberalism, communism, conservatism, rationalism, and individual...

...and foot, to make free use of everyone's money and dispose of their assets liberally, and to be cynically exempt from the rules that he himself est... ...d collusion with Western interests, both commercial and political. The new "democracies" are thinly-disguised and criminalized plutocracies (recall ... ... (Macedonia, Bosnia, and Iraq, to mention three recent examples). The new "democracies" suffer from many of the same ills that afflict their vetera... ...Iraq, Egypt, Norway, Latin America, and Britain. At the end of the 1930's, liberal capitalism, communism, and fascism (and its mutations) were lock... ...al Idea of Progress, which is most strongly reified by Western science and liberal democracy. All four illiberal ideologies firmly espouse a linear... ...ascism, Nazism, and Religious Fundamentalism, on the one hand, and Western liberalism, on the other hand: All four totalitarian ideologies regard in... ...s", all in the name of servicing "real" humanity and bettering its lot. But liberal democracy has been intermittently guilty of the same sin. The sa...

...oseph Stiglitz, Thomas Hellman, and Kevin Murdock concluded in their 1998 paper - "Liberalization, Moral Hazard in Banking, and Prudential Regulati... ...accorded a different treatment. While long term capital flows should be completely liberalized, encouraged and welcomed – the short term, "hot mone... ...Bursting asset bubbles, if they become more frequent in the future due to financial liberalization, globalization and unbridled credit growth, may r... ...lation. In an effort to overcome the pernicious effects of inflation, governments liberalize, deregulate and open their economies to competition. ... ...ive investments in education of the public and of state officials are required. e. Liberalization and deregulation of the economy. Abolition of red... ...e. The two countries with the highest incidence of AIDS are Africa's only two true democracies - Botswana and South Africa. The Centre for Economic...

...ore’s deterrence model and examines those incentives that discourage nondemocratic governments from pursuing violent conflicts. Arguing that existing democracies must make an active effort to foster the political environment in which new democracies can develop, Sharp discusses the elements critical to promoting democratization and thus strengthening system wide deterrenc...

...1 LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND ITS GLOBAL INFLUENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features of a Liberal Democracy . . . . . . . . .2 Global Political Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Notes . . . . . . . ...

...he evolution of English. The Treasure of Our Tongue nourishes the rise of democracies. 13. He Unchained Books The German goldsmith’s invention fr... ...o emphasized science and dialectical logic. In York, the monk Alcuin‘s liberal arts and sciences (LAS) school had become widely recognized for it... ...xcellence. Together, the trivium and the quadrivium comprised its seven liberal arts. Preparatory work, the trivium’s language arts included the s... ...being illiterate—or maybe because of it—Charlemagne was a champion of the liberal arts and sciences, even though he may have been too old to advance ... ...ms. Possibly even more significant was the rapid increase in the number of liberal arts colleges throughout the world. Many historians title this ... ... led him to write his epitaph focused on his trade. Printers Spur Rise of Democracies 18 Printers’ roles in the rise of democracies were so manif... ...couraged the sharing of knowledge in a manner conducive to the success of democracies. The Treasure of Our Tongue drizzled mists of free speech an...

...r Viking cousins, but the French language may exert even greater impact on the evolution of English. The Treasure of Our Tongue nourishes the rise of democracies. -- 13. He Unchained Books-The German goldsmith’s invention frees access to library books and breaks the chains of ignorance that held most of mankind in bondage for millennia. -- 14. Printers as Agents of Change-...

...e would call that man just who does not feel pleasure in acting justly, or liberal who does not in liberal actions, and similarly in the case of the o... ...er Moral; pure science, intelligence, and prac- tical wisdom—Intellectual: liberality, and perfected self-mas- tery—Moral: in speaking of a man’s Mora... ...nsible. III. In respect of giving and taking wealth (a): The mean state is Liberality, the excess Prodigality, the de- fect Stinginess: here each of t... ...; a mean state called Munificence (for the munificent man differs from the liberal, the former having necessarily to do with great wealth, the latter ... ... the defect Paltriness (these also differ from the extremes connected with liberality, and the manner of their difference shall also be spoken of late... ...endships and the principle of Justice are inconsiderable in extent, but in Democracies they are most considerable be- cause they who are equal have mu...

...ly comforts adds the improvement of the mind and morals. We have there fore liberally furnished them with the implements of husbandry and household u... ... a pretext for them has been given by the United States, and of the fair and liberal attempt to induce a revoca tion of them, can not be anticipated.... ...o just to invade the rights of others, too proud to surren der our own, too liberal to indulge unworthy prejudices ourselves and too elevated not to ... ...our part with scrupulous regard to all these obligations, and in a spirit of liberality which was never surpassed. How little has been the effect of t... ... it is our duty to cultivate friendly relations and to act with kindness and liberal INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 41 i... ...d by the changes all around us. Since the turn of the century, the number of democracies in the world has grown four fold. Human freedom is on the ma... ...ion and ideas. And the world’s greatest democracy will lead a whole world of democracies. Our land of new promise will be a nation that meets its obli...

...an the recent debates on Reform of Parliament, that both Conservatives and Liberals (if I may continue to call them what they still call themselves) h... ...h, in virtue of its superior comprehensiveness, might be adopted by either Liberal or Conservative without renouncing any thing which he really feels ... ...e in which there was scarcely a throne in Europe which was not filled by a liberal and reforming king, a lib eral and reforming emperor, or, stranges... ...reforming king, a lib eral and reforming emperor, or, strangest of all, a liberal and reforming pope; the age of Frederic the Great, of Catherine the... ... Ganganelli, of Pombal, of D’Aranda; when the very Bourbons of Naples were liberals and reformers, and all the active minds among the noblesse of Fran... ...st its own errors. Such precautions have ex isted in all well constructed democracies. The Athenian Con stitution had many such provisions, and so h... ...d), have been, in respect to intellec tual endowments, much on a par with democracies; that is, they have manifested such qualities in any considerab... ...ington and Jefferson, were not more completely exceptions in their several democracies, and were assuredly much more splendid exceptions, than the Cha... ...certain evils; but those evils are greatly aggravated by the fact that the democracies which at present exist are not equal, but systematically unequa...

...against revolution. He protests against the attitude of undue hostility to Liberalism which is com- mon among Socialists, and he blunts the edge of th... ...lution- ary ardor and tend to transform Socialists into a left wing of the Liberal Party. But the increasing prosperity of wage-earn- 27 Bertrand Rus... ...ect Disraeli and Bismarck were shrewder judges of human nature than either Liberals or Socialists. It has become increasingly difficult to put trust i... ...1906 and 42 in December, 1910) might be reck- oned almost as a part of the Liberal Party. France, unlike England and Germany, was not content merely t... ...But in actual fact the psychology of the working man in any of the Western democracies is totally unlike that which is assumed in the Communist Manife... ...omething more positive and constructive than this is needed if govern- ing democracies are not to inherit the vices of governing classes in the past. ... ...vils of its own; but Guild Socialism, or even Syndicalism, if it adopted a liberal policy toward those who preferred to work less than the usual numbe...

..., unhampered thought through every department of the national life, a King liberal without laxity and patriotic without pettiness or vul- garity. Such... ... over- values the commonplace virtues of mediocre men. One of the greatest Liberal statesmen in the time of Queen Victoria never held office because h... ...ty. It has a common medium of expression in the English tongue, a unity of liberal and tolerant purpose amidst its enormous variety of localised life ... ...es. Let us consider some of the key words of contemporary thought, such as Liberalism, Individualism, Socialism, in the light of this broad generalisa... ...on as there was rarely extended to active teaching and propaganda. Even in liberal Athens the hemlock was in the last resort at the ser- vice of the a... ... to-day are only in theory and sentiment democratic. In real- ity they are democracies so eviscerated by the disease of bad electoral methods that the...

...crifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and con- tention; have ... ... of the republican, and by citing as specimens of the latter the turbulent democracies of ancient Greece and modern Italy. Under the confusion of name... ...iple, and were accord- ingly those which have best deserved, and have most liberally received, the applauding suffrages of political writers. This exc... ...ngage- ments to immediate necessity? How can it undertake or ex- ecute any liberal or enlarged plans of public good? Let us attend to what would be th... ...dual discharge of the domestic debt, and to furnish, for a certain period, liberal tributes to the federal treasury. A very large proportion of this f... ...refer to a few known facts, in support of what I advance. In the most pure democracies of Greece, many of the ex- ecutive functions were performed, no... ...v- ernment could have succeeded within the narrow limits oc- cupied by the democracies of Greece. In answer to all these arguments, suggested by reaso...