Gary Isbell 
The signs are everywhere; on front lawns, in coffee-shop windows, on the doors of campus ministry offices. “All Are Welcome.” “Hate Has No Home Here.” “Love is love.” These are catchy phrases that often prove false. These slogans don’t apply the moment a young man in a red sash unfurls a banner … Read more
In January 2024, two dozen students from Muscatine High School in Iowa stood on Chinese soil and presented Xi Jinping with a flag that read “Grandpa Xi, Here We Are.” Communist China funded the trip to promote “Marxism-Leninism.” That first presentation represented the whole program in miniature — and the program is … Read more
Massachusetts needed more natural gas pipeline capacity ten years ago, and it needs a lot more today. In 2015, Maura Healey helped kill the Algonquin pipeline upgrade that would have provided cheap natural gas to Massachusetts consumers. Today, the state is paying dearly for her folly. On October 1, 2026, the now-Gov. … Read more
On October 5, the United States Supreme Court heard the arguments in the case of Suncor v. the City of Boulder to determine if there is merit in proceeding. This is an environmental case in which the city of Boulder, Co. is suing oil companies, ExxonMobil and Suncor, for alleged “climate related … Read more
What socialism promises and what it delivers are two different things, and New York City’s small-market owners are now finding out firsthand. “I’m scared to be put out of business, because I’m here 25 years,” and I can’t compete, store owner Elvis Arias told CBS New York. Elvis has stood behind the … Read more
There is a hearing in a middle school gymnasium in a small, unknown county. A crowd has gathered before a folding table with three zoning commissioners. A woman in the fourth row holds a utility bill that has been folded and unfolded so often that the crease has softened. She is not … Read more
After twenty-four hours without electricity, Havana resident Frank Lorenzo saw the lights return. An hour later, Cuba’s entire grid collapsed. So much for relief. That brief interval of light offers a fitting image of the socialist promise: Relief arrives just long enough to remind people of what they are missing. Then the … Read more
The age of Artificial Intelligence has changed everything. A generation ago, a difficult problem would result in a consultation with a father, a priest, a teacher, or a friend. The answer brought some suffering, but it required much effort. The effort to find a solution was what matured a person. Problems give … Read more
A birthday party for a communist who created endless bread lines—and a platform that promises the same for America. On August 13, 2026, Cubans stood in bread lines amid 20-hour blackouts. That same day, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) published a tribute to the man responsible for those bread lines and … Read more
To understand the socialist agenda, one needs to see that it is all based on egalitarianism and Marxist class struggle. Thus, its tax agenda is not a math problem but immoral theft masquerading as a revenue-raising measure. Two errors hold the socialist program together, and neither one is economic. The first error … Read more