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Progressivism and the American Constitution Are Incompatible. Progressives who now dominate the modern-day Democratic Party like to think their political ideology is patriotic, realistic and morally grounded. Unfortunately, progressivism is none of these. When American progressivism started as a social movement in the 1890’s, its goal was simple: improve the human condition. No one can…

A Statesman’s Concern About Deviancy Has Become Reality In 1993, the late sociologist, statesman and U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) published an article called Defining Deviancy Down expressing his concern about the growing tolerance for certain deviant behavior in American society. Moynihan cited examples of behavior such as the misguided way American’s chose to…

Progressives Want to Make Us Feel Better About Income Inequality, Not Necessarily Solve a Problem. Ask any progressive social justice warrior in America these days and they will rail against the growing gap between the wealthy and the poor. Their solution to this so-called problem is to adopt “middle-out” economic policy; in other words, tax…

Politicians Are Again Promising Infrastructure Spending as Economic Stimulus. As if $22 trillion in federal debt is not enough, President Trump and Congressional Democrats now want an additional $2 trillion for “infrastructure” spending.  We are told by Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and the President that such spending will stimulate the economy and create jobs. Given…

Reactions to the Mueller Report Did Not Surprise Anyone Political reaction to Robert Mueller’s report concerning Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election is about what one would expect. Republicans have rightly declared that the report vindicates President Trump of treason because he did not collude with Russia to win the election. Leftist Democrats and…

By Eric Beck, CommentaryPublished 8:00 am EST, April 17, 2019 Why is Chick-fil-A Under Attack Again? Some might say it’s a sure sign of the apocalypse when a chicken sandwich becomes America’s next symbol of bigotry and discrimination. Or, maybe it’s just the latest example of backward thinking from the progressive Left engaged in America’s…

By Eric Beck, CommentaryPublished 8:00 am EST, April 3, 2019 For the first time in its history, a 2018 Gallup survey revealed that Democrats view socialism more positively than capitalism. This finding confirms what many traditional Americans and political conservatives already knew; that the Democratic Party is now being run by radical far-left progressives. Therefore,…