Much of the increasing socialist sentiment in the United States stems from two factors: a limited understanding of socialism's historical record and an uncritical acceptance of unrealistic political promises. The historical record of socialism is difficult to ignore. ...

The recent victories of democratic-socialist candidates in in Tuesday’s New York City primaries begs the question- is there a connection between the growing acceptance of government intervention in economic affairs and an increasing willingness to limit free speech in...

What is this current fascination with socialist candidates?  I simply cannot wrap my head around this.  Surveys and election results indicate that an increasing number of Americans view socialism very positively these days.  However, that support is mostly confined to...

Few political arguments are repeated more often in debates about illegal immigration than the claim that "they were here first."  It's a powerful line because it is simple, memorable, and emotionally satisfying.  It also compresses nearly two thousand years of history...

June is Pride Month and many municipalities permit the POW/MIA flag to be flown over city halls while declining to fly the Pride flag.  Critics view this as unequal treatment of two groups of Americans, while supporters of the distinction argue that the two flags...

People tend to judge economic and political systems not by textbooks, but by what they personally experience.  And many, perhaps most, younger Americans, particularly Millennials and Gen Z,  came of age during and just after the economic recession 0f 2008-09.  They...

“Happy Memorial Day from your friends at B&J Refrigeration” – that was the email sitting in my inbox this morning, the sender was the retailer that installed and services our furnace and air conditioning units.  And while I appreciate the fact these folks...

We’re all familiar with the Latin phrase cui bono? — “who benefits?”  Less familiar, perhaps, is cui detrimento? — “to whose detriment?”  With that in mind, today I thought we might examine the issue of potential Puerto Rican statehood. As I’ve written before, if...

Criticism of individual Supreme Court decisions by the democrats is evolving into something far dangerous than mere criticism.  It’s become an organized effort to portray the Court itself as illegitimate whenever its rulings conflict with progressive political goals. ...