Written by David E. Smith
Communism, socialism, democratic socialism – if asked, could you accurately define these terms? For many of us, Political Science 101 was a long time ago, so our answer would likely be “no.” However, definitions and distinctions are important, especially when we are engaging with fellow citizens who are enthusiastically, and often blindly, embracing a political philosophy they don’t fully understand and, if adopted, would be disastrous for our nation.
In his presentation at the 2019 Reagan Ranch June Conference, Dr.… Continue Reading
Written by Trevor Thomas
In September of 2008, U.S. Senator, vice-presidential candidate, and democrat Joe Biden was asked his thoughts—“as a Roman Catholic”—on when life begins. Demonstrating a vast ignorance of science, along with an unflattering display of faith, he told NBC’s Tom Brokaw, “Look, I know when it begins for me.” A decade later, using the same “post-truth” relativism, New York Mayor, presidential candidate, and democrat Bill de Blasio, after signing a law that allows New Yorkers to declare their chosen gender on their birth certificate, told a cheering crowd, “You be you.… Continue Reading
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Written by Dr. Daniel Boland
The Green New Deal (GND) is the Democrat Party’s latest version of the American Dream. The GND is a lengthy list of radical proposals for total transformation of our culture, our economy, our health care and educational systems, our environmental conditions, and on and on.
The GND expands government incomprehensively. No more carbon-spewing airplanes. High-speed rail will take us everywhere. Government-administered universal health care for all but no private insurance (so wait your turn).… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Democrat Party, Democrat Socialists, Democratic Socialism, Dr. Daniel Boland, Elizabeth Warren, High-speed rail, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Nancy Pelosi, Nordic Socialist, The Green New Deal, Winston Churchill
Climate Change, Federal Issues | David E. Smith | March 9, 2019 4:00 AM | Comments Off on The Green New Deal: Myths and Migraines
Written by Robert Knight
To say the Left in America has gone off the rails is like saying the Super Bowl is a fairly popular football game.
It’s hard to keep up with the tsunami of cultural and economic insanity thundering through a thousand outlets every day, but here’s a try. You thought Vermont’s Democratic Socialist U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders was radical? Current Democratic leaders start with his views and go further left.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mocks the idea of securing America’s southern border as something only a bigot like President Trump would want. … Continue Reading
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Federal Issues | David E. Smith | February 7, 2019 11:00 AM | Comments Off on The Left’s Growing Record of Insanity
Written by Bruce Walker
The left pretends to care about the environment. It sounds as though Bernie Sanders is going to make this faux interest in protecting the environment a salient point of any 2020 presidential run. In fact, leftism – both economic leftism and social leftism – is the primary cause of environmental problems.
Sanders, who honeymooned in the Soviet Union, apparently missed the horrific destruction of nature under the Soviets, who were dramatically worse for the environment than the tsars.
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Written by John Biver
Democratic Party presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought back to life a debate many thought had died with the old Soviet Union of Socialist Republics, the German Democratic Republic (the former East Germany), and many other current and past failed states throughout history. The question of whether socialism can be made to work returned zombie-like from the dead in 2016.
Supporters of free market capitalism were asking how this could be in light of the fact that no matter where socialism has been tried in the world it has failed.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bernie Sanders, Daniel Mitchell, David Solway, Democratic Socialism, Donald Trump, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Michael Tanner, Nima Sanandaji, Paul Sperry, Sandy Ikeda, Svetozar Pejovich
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | December 12, 2016 8:08 AM | Comments Off on The Unexpected Contest of 2016: Free Market Capitalism v. Democratic Socialism
Written by Robert Knight
Ever wonder how Bernie Sanders’ brand of “democratic socialism” differs from socialism in general, which has wreaked havoc all over the world?
The short answer is: only by degree. Progressives of all stripes work to establish “equality” by empowering governments. The difference is their place on the axis of forced egalitarianism.
Like other democratic socialists, the Vermont Democrat rejects communism, National Socialism (Nazis), fascism and other variants as anti-democratic. The democratic socialists insist that they can preserve human liberties while forcing everyone into communal economic arrangements. … Continue Reading
