Written by Jerry Newcombe
[Recently], the New York Post had an editorial about how many millennials embrace “socialism,” while not really knowing what it means: “Millennials — ignorant of socialism’s appalling economic and human-rights history — increasingly embrace socialism and its naively unrealistic prescriptions for ending all human want.”
I’m reminded of a college student who wrote his dad: “Dear Dad, No mon. No fun. Your son.”
His dad wrote back: “Too bad. So sad. Your Dad.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Brent Bozell, Dr. Everett Piper, Dr. Richard Land, Jim DeMint, Media Research Center, Millennials, National Economic Council, New York Magazine, New York Post, Oklahoma Wesley University, Socialism, Southern Evangelical Seminary
Marriage, Family & Culture, Media Watch | David E. Smith | 
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Written by Douglas Ernst
Thomas Sowell, a living legend in the field of economics, says he fears the U.S. may eventually succumb to the siren song of socialism.
The author of “Basic Economics,” “The Vision of the Anointed,” “The Quest for Cosmic Justice” and numerous other books said the U.S. may very well go down a path of financial ruin due to “wonderful-sounding” rhetoric.
Mr. Sowell, a Marxist in his youth, made the remarks Tuesday while appearing with Fox Business Network’s David Asman.… Continue Reading
Written by Jerry Newcombe
Paris is burning. That is because the new president of France has bought into the message of climate change alarmism—that man’s activities are wreaking all sorts of havoc on the earth. If we cut down on our consumption of fossil fuels and instead embrace so-called “green justice,” we have a fighting chance to curb the problem of climate change.
France is doing its part to fight against so-called climate change. They are imposing draconian taxes on the price of petrol.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, climate change alarmism, Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, Dr. Calvin Beisner, Dr. Roy Spencer, France, Green justice, Jerry Newcombe, Marxism, Paris, Population control, Redistribution of wealth, Socialism
Climate Change, Federal Issues | David E. Smith | January 29, 2019 8:00 AM | Comments Off on AOC Plan for America Is Causing Riots in France
Written by Bruce Deitrick Price
What exactly is a socialist? You could spend all day studying encyclopedias and not settle anything. Using various definitions, you could probably prove that anybody is or isn’t a socialist.
So let’s talk to a socialist. Ignore the verbiage and look inside his head. When someone announces to the world, “I’m a socialist,” what is that person thinking?
With this focus, everything becomes simpler. Socialists may not be able to claim experience, learning, smarts, or success. … Continue Reading
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 Daniel Horowitz
Republicans have not only betrayed their promise to repeal Obamacare, they have made Obamacare popular. They have championed its three core elements while refusing to even make the case against all its vulnerabilities and are now running on preserving it. While we are all focused on the results of November 6, we must gird up for a longer battle that, if not waged and won, will ensure we never have health care freedom in America, because a consensus for government-run monopolies is close to fruition.… Continue Reading
Written by Wendy Wilson
Americans today are less likely to define socialism as government ownership of the means of production and more likely to describe it in relation to equality or government benefits and social services, according to a new Gallup poll conducted in September.
Only seventeen percent of Americans in 2018 define socialism as government ownership of the means of production compared to twice that number in 1949 when Gallup first surveyed Americans on the term.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Big Government, Capitalism, Gallup Poll, Julie Roys, Karl Marx, Marxism, Socialism, worldview
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | October 19, 2018 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Definitions of Socialism Broaden as Support for Capitalism Drops, Gallup Research Shows
Written by Peter Heck
I recently read a thought-provoking, though ultimately misguided, article by Daniel Jose Camacho from the faith-oriented left-wing commentary website Sojourners. In it, Camacho argued against the preoccupation many American Christians have with capitalism, suggesting that,
“Capitalism is so deeply ingrained in our Christianity that it is the default. Yet, this arrangement is neither natural nor inevitable.”
Such a perspective was anything but surprising coming from a Sojourners publication. After all, the online magazine is the modern iteration of socialist Jim Wallis’s anti-capitalist magazine “The Post American.” … Continue Reading
Written by Peter Hasson
Democrats have a more positive view of socialism than they do of capitalism, a Gallup poll published Monday reveals.
Fifty-seven percent of Democrats view socialism favorably, while just 47 percent of Democrats have a positive view of capitalism, according to the poll. In contrast, 71 percent of Republicans have a positive view of capitalism, while just 16 percent viewed socialism favorably.
Monday’s poll was “the first time in Gallup’s measurement over the past decade that Democrats viewed socialism more favorably than capitalism,” the polling firm noted.… Continue Reading
Written by Walter E. Williams
Poverty is no mystery, and it’s easily avoidable.
The poverty line that the Census Bureau used in 2016 for a single person was an income of $12,486 that year. For a two-person household, it was $16,072, and for a four-person household, it was $24,755.
To beat those poverty thresholds is fairly simple. Here’s the road map: complete high school; get a job, any kind of a job; get married before having children; and be a law-abiding citizen.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bernie Sanders, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Capitalism, Census Bureau, Friedrich Hayek, Poverty, Socialism, USSR, Walter E. Williams
Education, Federal Issues | David E. Smith | August 3, 2018 7:04 AM | Comments Off on Why People Keep Falling for Socialism, Despite the Evidence
