Tag Archives: Democratic Socialists of America

If You Care for the Poor, You’ll Oppose the Green New Deal

Posted on March 15, 2019 by David E Smith

I struggle to even make the effort to outline my opposition to the so-called “Green New Deal” because it seems flatly absurd that anyone could take it serious enough to justify my time spent. Retrofitting every building in America, spending almost $100 trillion, providing a job for every person that wants one and paying for those who don’t – these are the kinds of juvenile ideas that get laughed out of high school government classes.

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic Socialists of America, Energy Innovation Reform Project, fossil fuel, Green New Deal, renewable energy, Sam Thernstrom | Comments Off

Family is the Enemy of Socialism

Posted on June 20, 2016 by David E Smith

Last week I looked at the history of the original socialists and at what Pope Francis aptly termed their “ideological colonization” of the family and marriage, work that started in the 19th century with the likes of Robert Owen, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Barack Obama, Communist Party USA, Democratic Socialists of America, Friedrich Engels, John Bachtell, Karl Marx, Matteo Renzi, People’s World, Pope Francis, Robert Owen, Socialist Party USA, Stanley Kurtz, The Communist Manifesto | Comments Off