You use an image of Che Guevara as the illustration to your post. However, since you are debating the concept or socialism in the terms presented by Bernie Sanders, perhaps it would be better suited, although less sensational, to use an image of the historic French socialist president François Mitterrand.

Nothing is as pitiable as an idea whose time has gone

The Labour Party has spent the last nine months or so locked in passionate squabbling with itself, to the detriment of both the party and its base, as a Tory government continues to steamroll over their interests. The arguments over how…

First in a series of mini reviews of party manifestos for the upcoming Irish General Election. First off is the Social Democrats

Social Democrats:
Social Democrats Manifesto includes stated goals such as:

I like what you’re saying , really. And I agree with your ideas. But the way americans see socialism is very funny. Indeed , Leaders of Switzerland, Canada, Finland and Danemark are not socialists. Worse there is extreme party in Denmark and Finland governments !! So if europeans conservative parties are socialists, France is a communist country …

Social Democracy or Taking the Walk Across the Ice

Yesterday, on cable television, there was a story about retirement security. The gist of it was that many people approaching the age of retirement in the U. S. have very little wealth to retire on. This is particularly true since the recession of 2008 when many had to…