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Post Tagged 'socialism'

October 20, 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize Against Socialism

This month, the Nobel Peace Prize committee in Norway awarded their famous award to a Venezuelan citizen for the first time: someone I know and whom we should all deeply respect, a freedom fighter with a deep belief in Christ—María Corina Machado. Continue Reading...
September 01, 2025

Commemorating Christian Labor

The first Monday in September is Labor Day in the United States and Canada, commemorating the contributions of organized labor to improved working conditions. The common story of Labor Day is typically secular: To fight for higher wages, safer workplaces, and shorter workweeks, workers formed unions to bargain collectively or, if necessary, to strike. Continue Reading...
August 15, 2024

No, Socialism Is Not Neighborliness

Незнакомые смотрят волками, И один из них, может быть, я. —Борис Гребенщиков Strangers glare like wolves, And I might be one of them. —Boris Grebenshikov The Democrat vice presidential nominee Tim Walz entered the national scene with a passive-aggressive endorsement of government-run economic activity. Continue Reading...
August 04, 2023

South Africa and the Merit of Merit

In 1994 a momentous change unfolded at the southern tip of Africa as the oppressive regime of apartheid came to a peaceful end. The African National Congress (ANC) and its revered leader, Nelson Mandela, took the reins of power, and at first glance everything progressed perfectly—liberal democracy had won the day. Continue Reading...
June 16, 2023

This Fathers’ Day, Remember that Property Is Holy

The French Revolution of 1848, which began on February 22 in Paris, led to the fall of the July Monarchy in France, the founding of the Second Republic, a wave of democratic revolutions across Europe, a revival of European liberalism, and the spread of various forms of socialism. Continue Reading...