by Dan Mitchell | Nov 19, 2017 | Blogs
It’s time to continue our series on the 100th anniversary of Russia’s Bolshevik revolution, which unleashed a century of brutal, deadly, and oppressive communism. But at least it’s a series that sort of has a happy ending. The Soviet Union collapsed and China is...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 9, 2017 | Blogs, Economics
To “commemorate” the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution in Russian, I’ve been sharing a series of columns on the evil of communism. On October 30, I looked at the death toll resulting from communist tyranny. On November 5, I discussed the shameful...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 5, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
To observe the tragic 100th birthday of communism, I wrote last week about Karl Marx’s legacy of death, suffering, destruction, and misery. Along with its sister ideology of national socialism, communism was the most potent killer of the 20th century. But what’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 30, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Just in case you didn’t realize, we’re “celebrating” an anniversary. In 1917, at this time of year, the Bolshevik revolution was occurring in Russia. It resulted in the creation of the Soviet Union, followed in subsequent decades by enslavement of Eastern Europe and...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 27, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
When I gave speeches during Obama’s time in office, especially to audiences with a lot of Republicans, I sometimes asked a rhetorical question about whether they approved of presidents who increased spending, bailed out big companies, expanded the power of the...
