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Easy solutions in socialism test U.S.

The Democratic Socialists of America has a class problem that its own rhetoric is designed to obscure. Its rising stars -- Zohran Mamdani, son of a Columbia professor and an acclaimed filmmaker; the Ivy-credentialed activists staffing progressive nonprofits; the heirs animating the movement's core -- reveal a pattern the movement cannot honestly explain. The face of American socialism is increasingly young, college-credentialed, and conspicuously well-bred. This is not coincidence. It is structure. The pattern is older than the DSA. Engels co-authored the Communist Manifesto while ...

There’s dangers in voting for Democrats

Polls are not like a weather forecast. We can't do anything about the weather. If the prediction is rain, the only thing to do is get ready for it. Polls measure public sentiment. But that sentiment can be influenced. Current polling seems to justify handwringing on the part of Republicans regarding the outlook for November. RealClear Polling's latest general congressional poll shows Democrats leading Republicans 47.9% to 40.3%. However, again, it's not the weather. We've got months. and this can be influenced. The overall sentiment in the country is not good. RealClear ...

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Now trailing, Carolina has decision to make

A sequence of events in a Stanley Cup Final that has gotten crazier by the minute has put the Carolina Hurricanes at a crossroads. They blew a two-goal lead and lost Game 1, erased a two-goal deficit and won Game 2, and rallied from down four goals in Game 3, only to lose in double overtime ...

NBA Finals return to New York

NEW YORK — Madison Square Garden has seen just about everything in sports and entertainment, from the first Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight to the first Wrestlemania. It just hasn't seen much of the NBA Finals. The New York Knicks have brought the finals back to their home court for the ...

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