Why Democratic Socialism Can’t Work
By Kevin Cochrane • Washington Times “Democratic Socialism,” preached by Sen. Bernie Sanders and others, seems like a pretty good dream. The problem is, it is just that — a…
Liberal Primary Voters Turn to Socialism
By Michael Tanner • National Review Outside the media and political circles that follow her every move, few probably noticed or cared when Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez pronounced capitalism “irredeemable.” But what…
Why Are We Still Debating the ‘Merits’ of Socialism?
By Steven Greenhut • Reason In the 1970s, my Dad flew from his home in Pennsylvania to a medical center in Houston to have a then-innovative bypass surgery that extended…
Socialism In U.S. Threatens Recession, Jobs Recovery, And Foreign Policy
By Lewis K. Uhler and Peter J. Ferrara • Investor’s Business Daily In the streets of Caracas, the failed socialist/communist dictator of Venezuela — Nicolás Maduro — is killing his…
Would Barack Obama Be Too Conservative For Today’s Liberals?
Investor’s Business Daily Election 2020: When Bernie Sanders announced on Tuesday that he was running for president, the only surprising thing was how much competition he’ll have on the far…
The Green New Deal Is Simply A Delusional Excuse To Seize Power
By Sumantra Maitra • The Federalist Cathy Young wrote last year that “commie chic” is cool again. In an essay, she cited a Gallup poll stating that “among Democrats, Democratic-leaning…
Liberals’ ‘Green New Deal’ Is Really A Call For Enviro-Socialism
Investor’s Business Daily The far-left Democrats finally unveiled their plan for their “Green New Deal.” It’s a shocking document, essentially a call for enviro-socialism in America. It’s no doubt prompting…
The Green Red Deal
By Paul Kengor • The American Spectator Watermelons: green on the outside, red on the inside. Leftist environmentalists hate that. And yet, they do little to eschew the label. Quite…
McConnell: Senate to Vote on Green New Deal So Lawmakers Can ‘Go on Record’
By Jack Crowe • National Review Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that the Senate will vote on the Green New Deal resolution introduced last week by a coalition of…
Gov. Cuomo’s Right: The Rich Are Leaving High-Tax New York
Investor’s Business Daily We don’t often praise New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but we have to say, we appreciate his recent frankness on taxes. On Monday, he told his state’s…
Wealth Tax Fails The Test Around The World
Investor’s Business Daily There’s little doubt that the political flavor of the day is what the left calls “democratic socialism.” And one of this movement’s more recent ideas, from Sen.…
The Progressive Race to the Bottom
Victor Davis Hanson • National Review The old Democratic party championed the working classes, wanted secure borders to protect middle-class union wage earners, and focused generous federal entitlement help on…
Here’s The Brief Moral Case Against ‘Democratic Socialism’
By David Weinberger • The Federalist For most people, moral visions trump economic realities, and that is why so-called “democratic socialism” has growing appeal. One’s sense of compassion outweighs the…
Harris’s Call to Eliminate Private Insurance Is ‘Major Slip-Up’ That ‘Will Haunt Her’
Washington Free Beacon Washington Free Beacon editor in chief Matthew Continetti said Wednesday that Sen. Kamala Harris’s (D., Calif.) denunciation of private health insurance could haunt her presidential campaign. At…
Eliminator
National Review Kamala Harris has a big idea for your health-care plan: elimination. The early contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination are working feverishly to out-radical each other. Senator…