The Democratic Party is undergoing an irrational transformation

October 20, 2026

As we watch with our mouths agape, the once-sensible Democratic Party is going through its second period of transition. Looking back seven decades, the Democrats and Republicans were both focused on improving the nation. Although their respective paths were different, they were much less so than even four decades ago.

The first Democrat transition was becoming more liberal, eventually becoming what they choose to call “progressive.” Today, the ideas of the controlling faction, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), make the wild “progressive” approach seem almost normal.

The Democrats these days hold and participate in protests titled “No Kings.” There, they complain about what they consider authoritarian moves by President Donald Trump and the Republicans. Curiously, what today’s Democrats are campaigning on is electing people with a platform that would actually turn our constitutional republic into a kingdom.

The DSA proposes some crazy things, among which are:

* Healthcare for all, which would guarantee free healthcare; 

* Housing for all, which would include publicly owned housing and universal rent control;

* Ending police forces and incarceration in jails and prisons;

* Economic democracy, where private ownership of large businesses and industries would become public ownership;

* Democracy for all, where Washington, DC would become a state, borders would be opened, and Green Card holders would be able to legally vote;

* Defunding the Department of War, closing all overseas military bases;

They apparently do not realize that everything controlled by the government — like healthcare, housing, and businesses — means that the government can decide what the public will get from those things, if anything.

If government controls all the food producers and sellers, the country could be forced to become vegetarian, or forced to eat lab-made food. If healthcare is under government control, limited availability of medical care could occur, as it does in socialist nations, and forced vaccination.

Without police departments or jails and prisons, robbers, rapists, murderers, etc., would be left alone to continue robbing, raping and murdering. Or maybe, those lawbreakers would be assigned to a kinder rehabilitation program by someone.

The October edition of Newsmax magazine has a large special section addressing this Democratic Party transition.

One part of this coverage features information on six “Socialists Reshaping Politics.” It contains information about them, a sub-title, and quotes from each of them. Here is a little bit of that.

Zohran Mamdani - “Prince of City” — The current Mayor of New York City said on YouTube, “I don’t think we should have billionaires.” And on X, Mamdani said, “The NYPD is racist, anti-queer and a major threat to public safety.” He favors city-run supermarkets, and rent stabilization for two years.

AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) - “Wonder Woman” — On ocasio-cortez.house.gov, the New York Representative called for “defunding the police.” She recently renewed her DSA membership.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed - “Overnight Sensation” — The Democrat candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan posted on Yahoo.com, “The world is gonna end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change.” He favors ending military aid to Israel, Medicare for all, and abolishing ICE.

Bernie Sanders - “Elder Statesman” — Vermont Sen. Sanders said, “I favor the public ownership of utilities, banks, and major industries,” on FoxNews.com. The 85-year-old serves as an inspiration for younger democrat socialists. 

Peggy Flanagan - “Progressive” — The lieutenant governor of Minnesota, and U.S. Senate candidate commented on FoxNews.com, “We need to rip ICE apart and stop them from terrorizing our communities.” She also wants Medicare for all. And, she calls Israel’s response to the vicious October 7, 2023 attack “genocide.”

Hasan Piker - “Podcaster Power” — He posted on Yahoo.com, “America deserved 9/11, dude.” He has a hard time criticizing most anything without inserting numerous curse words, and thinks Luigi Mangione, the accused murderer of healthcare CEO Bryan Thompson, is a hero.

And then, there are others mentioned by Newsmax, like Darializa Avila Chevalier. She is a 33-year-old Ph.D. graduate student at East Harlem in New York. She won in the June congressional primary, and co-founded a militant student group at Columbia University that helped drive the violent 2024 campus occupation following the Hamas attacks in Gaza.

She referred to America as a “a f-ing disgrace,” and said the U.S. is occupying Native American land. She was a co-writer of the manifesto of the militant student group, Columbia University Apartheid Divest. That document stated, in part, “We are Westerners fighting for the eradication of Western Civilization. … Our intifada is an Internationalist one.”

Of course, not every Democrat endorses this extraordinarily radical platform. About the DSA, long-time Democrat strategist James Carville said this: “These people do not like Democrats. Not only are they not Democrats, (but they also) wish Democrats poorly.” And New York Rep. Tom Suozzi promotes “The Promise of America,” the signers of which are “proud of America, want safety, not lawlessness,” adding, “We are capitalist, not socialist.”

These and other DSA members were either un-educated or deliberately mis-educated about the greatness of the United States of America that has enabled it to survive and prosper for 250 years, and the dangers of socialism/communism that shine brightly across the globe. They must not be allowed to take over the country.

Ronald Reagan did not think socialism was a good thing

September 29, 2026

One of my favorite presidents is Ronald Reagan. I’m not saying he was the best ever, but he surely wasn’t the worst. And he darned sure was a really good one.

He had years of experience in leadership and government experience, he was wise beyond his years, and he had a great sense of humor. What more could one ask for in a president?

So, let’s start with an example of Reagan’s wonderful sense of humor. This one is a story he told at an appearance he made: “An evangelical minister and a politician arrived at Heaven’s Gate together. And St. Peter, after doing the necessary formalities, took them to show them what was available. He showed them a small room with a bed, and a chair, and a table, and said this was for the Clergyman. 

“And the politician was a little worried about what might be in store for him. And he couldn’t believe it when St. Peter stopped in front of a beautiful mansion, with lovely grounds, many servants, and told him that these would be his quarters.

“And he couldn’t help but ask, ‘but wait, how? There’s something wrong. How do I get this mansion when that good and holy man gets only a single room?’

“And St. Peter said, ‘You have to understand how things up here are. We’ve got thousands and thousands of clergy. You’re the first politician who ever made it!’” 

And now, to the serious stuff.

Many conservatives remember and mention Reagan these days, four decades after he was President of the United States. They remember things he did, like helping to win the Cold War, rebuilding the nation’s military, cutting taxes, and he believed and often said that America is a great country.

And, as you might imagine, he was very popular. In one of his elections, Reagan won 49 of the 50 states.

Reagan trusted people, and believed they could be trusted with their own freedom. These days, there is a large faction that believes people should depend upon their government, instead.

In his time communism was thriving in the Soviet Union and East Germany. Millions of people lived under communist rule. There was a wall in Berlin, built to keep people from leaving the country and look for a better life. And the general story about communism was that it “was simply the world that we lived in.” And that situation in those countries, regarded as quite normal, was not about to change.

But Reagan rejected that idea. He told Mikhail Gorbachev, who was President of the Soviet Union at the time, to tear down the Berlin Wall. Standing at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on June 12, 1987, he said that now-famous comment, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Such a statement was quite extraordinary back then. And it has been fondly remembered ever since.

However, not surprisingly, the people suffering under communism were getting tired of it, and a few years later, the people of Berlin were seen standing on top of the Berlin Wall holding sledgehammers.

Reagan believed that America is good, that communism is evil, that freedom is better than tyranny, and that people should be free to run their own lives. Today, millions of Americans want to trade the benefits that America offers for a nation built on socialism.

However, many people understand that socialism is not a good system. It may look that way from the outside, but its record of failure says otherwise. Here are a few comments about it:

“If socialists understood economics they wouldn’t be socialists. - Friedrich Hayek

Socialism and communism are but two sides of the same coin.

Socialism: You can vote your way in, but you’ll have to shoot your way out! 

And former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher, had many comments. Here are three:

* “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”

* “Socialists cry ‘Power to the people,’ and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.”

* “Communism produces neither dignity nor prosperity. It takes all power away from the people and places it in the hands of a self-appointed elite. And because it distorts and manipulates the distinctive talents of individuals rather than letting those talents flourish, it prevents progress and prosperity.” 

But the one that ought to get the most attention is this one: “What is usually called socialism was termed by Marx the ‘first’ or lower phase of communist society” - Vladimir Lenin, founding head of government of Soviet Russia.

People who campaign for socialism will tell you things like that socialism really is roads, firefighters, or public schools. But that is false. Those are somewhat natural things. Socialism is control by government of the means of production such as businesses, factories, land, and capital. And that control expands over time to include everything.

Let’s close with this from Reagan. “You know, they say there are only two places where communism works: in heaven, where they don't need it—and in hell, where they've already got it."

The Democratic Party today is much different than in the past

July 15, 2025

Those who are old enough to remember the 1970s and 1980s no doubt realize that today’s Democratic Party has only one thing in common with the Party of those days. That one thing is its name.

The way Democrats thought and functioned back then was much different, and much better. Democrats did have their own ideas about things, but they were not nearly so different from Republicans. Both parties generally held “American” ideals, but had some differences in how they should be sustained.

There was a much broader acceptance of values such as faith, individual rights and freedom, and a smaller, less intrusive government. There wasn’t the heavy focus on ideological issues and how we should view the way our country is being operated. That was due to the fact that the two parties were very close in their idea of what America was and should be. 

If people had different ideas, they weren’t attacked for them, and no set of ideas carried with it a strong effort to “encourage” those with different ideas to accept them.

Today, there is a vast gulf between the ideas of Republicans and Democrats. Even the way each group is referred to is different. Democrats are often referred to as liberals, progressives or socialists. Republicans are often referred to conservatives, MAGA radicals, or Nazis, and such.

But when you look at the fundamentals of each party, the Republicans are the ones whose ideas are by far most like the original founding principles.

Many Democrats support our previously open border, and defend and protect the illegal aliens who entered the country the wrong way. Republicans, however, are working hard to remove these illegals, many of whom are killers, drug or child traffickers, rapists, terrorists and others of ill will.

It is those on the left who deliberately interfere with ICE and CBP agents trying to do their job to protect the people. They attack the agents, throw rocks at them in their vehicles, identify them and threaten them and their families.

President Donald Trump is under heavy leftist criticism for his actions, such as executive orders, deporting illegals, military actions without prior Congressional approval, et al. But those critics on the left either don’t know history, or don’t care, as long as they can use falsehoods to make Trump look bad. The truth is that other presidents — Barack Obama, notably — have done these same things, and been praised for it.

People representing the liberal left in government are pushing further left than ever before, even getting others on the left to criticize them.

A poll in May and June conducted by Unite the Country, a Democrat super PAC, showed that voters perceived the party as “out of touch,” “woke” and “weak.”

This is reflected in persons in positions of prominence on the political left.

The newly elected Democrat nominee for mayor of New York City, “proud socialist” Zohran Mamdani, has been characterized as a communist for his extreme views, past and present.

His anti-America positions include setting up city-run grocery stores, massive tax increases on the wealthy, engaging in anti-police rhetoric and railing against Israel in refusing to denounce the phrase “Globalize the intifada.” 

California Governor Gavin Newsome has essentially ruined his state by imposing foolish leftist policies that have driven businesses and residents out of the state.

A while back, now-Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson got a great deal of attention in her confirmation hearing. When asked to define a “woman,” Jackson responded that she couldn't provide a definition, citing her non-biologist background.

In the vote for her confirmation, some Republicans cited that she dodged the question on whether she favors court packing, has a soft-on-crime sentencing record, and danced around explaining her judicial philosophy.

As a practicing Justice, she has come under criticism from some of her court peers for her apparent lack of understanding of how things work.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a judicial conservative, commented on a dissent she had made. Barrett wrote that Jackson's opinion "is at odds with more than two centuries' worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself." "We observe only this: Justice Jackson decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary."

And Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of Jackson’s liberal judicial colleagues, noted that the points she made in a dissent addressed a topic which was not before the court.

Democrats and other leftists demonstrate daily that the direction of their ideas and policies is clearly at odds with the established values of the Founders of the United States of America. They don’t want to make the United States better, they want to fundamentally transform the country.

A good explanation of what the liberal-left is working for comes to us from the great Thomas Sowell, who said: “At the heart of the liberal-left vision is the idea that the self-anointed saviors should be telling the rest of us, through the power of government, what we ought to do, what we can do and what we cannot do. They will define for us what is good and what is bad, remaking us in their image.”

This is not what our Founders envisioned, and not what is good for America.