Socialism Is Santa Claus for Adults
An interview with economist Lawrence Read iStock.com/francisblack Socialism is like the story of Santa Claus. “But the truth is that Santa Claus…
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Mamdani’s Socialism: You May Be “Executed in a Kindly Manner,” Fabian Style?
JimVallee/iStock/Getty Images Plus Zohran Mamdani has eclipsed Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) as the face of the Democratic Socialists of America, and established the DSA as a national force to be reckoned with. The…
What Makes Liberty Possible? Lessons from Hayek
The Nobel Prize-winning Austrian-born economist and political philosopher Friedrich von Hayek (1899-1992) left a rich legacy of books and articles brimming with insights and wisdom. He remains one of the most quoted thinkers in the 21st Century,…
Forget “Democratic Socialism,” Says Economist; Embrace “Democratic Capitalism”
Dilok Klaisataporn/iStock/Getty Images Plus “The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to make a profit,” wrote labor leader Samuel Gompers. This is also the sentiment with which economist and professor Mark Skousen…
House Condemns Socialism in Bipartisan Vote Hours Before Mamdani Arrives in D.C.
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution Friday morning condemning socialism, with several Democrats crossing the aisle to rebuke “socialist policies” gaining ground in the U.S. following the election of New York City…
Red Alert: Why Support for Socialism Is Growing
wildpixel/iStock/Getty Images Plus Here’s a question: What percentage of all the people who’ve ever lived on Earth is the average American richer than?Answer: 99.9 percent.We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet many people are…
Eric Metaxas and Naomi Wolf on the Critical NYC Mayoral Election
By The Stream Published on November 4, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsNexYMqzbQ In this 44-minute video, the first episode of his new show, Eric Metaxas sits down with Naomi Wolf for a powerful conversation about the New York mayoral…
The Brew: President Trump Calls Out Muslim Genocide of Christians in Nigeria
One more thing for us to be grateful for, as Christians and Americans, is that our government no longer winks at the global assault on Christians by Muslims — a cynical policy that characterized not just the Biden and Obama administrations, but…
The Velvet Glove and the Iron Fist
In the month of October in election years, we’ve come to expect political vitriol. When government gets as big as ours, and figures so prominently in our lives, it’s natural that people who might otherwise ignore it feel compelled to take an…
10 Ways That ‘Democratic Socialism’ Conflicts with the Gospel
In recent years, a growing number of political voices have revived the concept of democratic socialism—the belief that the government should redistribute wealth, regulate production, and guarantee equality through collective ownership or heavy…