Collecting My Thoughts

From a Christian Aid Ministries newsletter: ". . . a street artisan weaves a beautiful handbag out of 800 pieces of large denomination ...

Why now, Cuba? First, when Castro took over they were propped up by the USSR. Then when it collapsed they turned to Venezuela which Cuba had...

https://youtu.be/j4c6oRxh4S8 Daniel DiMartino grew up amid violence, poverty, and corruption in socialist Venezuela. Luckily, he escaped t...

"Socialism is like a Ponzi scheme, it only works for the ones at the top and only then if they an keep everyone in the game. The major ...

I keep reading on WaPo, NYT or BBC or even posts of liberal Facebook friends, that it isn't really socialism destroying Venezuela, but s...

Some people don't think that socialism in Venezuela is a problem, or they think the problem hasn't been caused by "real" s...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has pushed Democrats out of the closet--they are finally honest about who they are. Elizabeth Warren wants to...

I keep reading that 51-57% of Democrats favor socialism--more in the younger range, but enough in the 50+ to cause concern. Strange that the...

I was born and used to live in a very rich country, where anything you planted grew, where any small or big business used to succeed, where ...

John Kerry thinks climate change is the most serious threat to the globe.  He needs to go where it is really hot. Let him be a tree hugger...

Chavez blame game I won't be reading his book, the one Obama accepted as a gift after listening to a despot denigrate his country for 50...

Latin America's Leftist regimes How left is left? "First, the multiplicity of projects reveals the loss of a common political refer...