communism

Save the Family, Save the Nation

by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet on March 26, 2013 · 5 comments

The quote famously attributed to Vladimir Lenin is “Destroy the family, destroy the nation.” Of course he did not say this in the defense of family, but as part of his overall goal of destroying nations en route to a…

Hugo Chavez: Faithful to Death

by Dr. Paul Kengor on March 7, 2013 · 49 comments

There’s an old joke from the Cold War. It went like this: Hardline East German communist Walter Ulbricht (who erected the Berlin Wall) died and went to hell. There, the devil gave him a choice between the socialist sector and…

Has the Bell Begun to Toll for China?

by Pat Buchanan on March 5, 2013 · 1 comment

“Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate? Why did the Soviet Communist Party collapse? An important reason was that their ideals and convictions wavered,” China’s new leader, Xi Jinping, told a closed meeting of party elite in Guangdong province.
“Finally all…

Leo XIII: “Taxing the Rich Does Not Help the Poor”

by Anthony Esolen on December 11, 2012 · 4 comments

In Quod Apostolici Muneris (1878), Pope Leo XIII deplores those who “under the motley and all but barbarous terms and titles of Socialists, Communists, and Nihilists, are spread abroad throughout the world,” striving in alliance for “the purpose long resolved…

The Communist and the Catholics, Part 4

by Dr. Paul Kengor August 2, 2012

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Editor’s Note: the following is the final installment in an exclusive 4-Part series based on Dr. Paul Kengor’s new book, The Communist: Frank Marshall Davis: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mentor
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In my previous commentaries, I’ve…

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The Communist and the Catholics, Part 3

by Dr. Paul Kengor July 30, 2012

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Editor’s Note: The following is Part 3 of an exclusive series by Dr. Paul Kengor. If you missed Part 1, go here. For Part 2, go here.
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In my previous commentary, I talked…

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The Communist and the Catholics, Part 2

by Dr. Paul Kengor July 27, 2012

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The Communist and the Catholics

by Dr. Paul Kengor July 24, 2012

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He blasted big business, Wall Street, big oil, General Motors, “excess profits,” “millionaires” and the “wealthy.”
He called out the “corporation executive” for not paying his “fair” share.
He attacked “GOP” tax cuts that “spare…

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Cuba Backing Same Sex Marriage?

by Dr. Paul Kengor June 5, 2012

I was recently contacted by Ben Johnson of LifeSiteNews, who told me of a fascinating development.He informed me of a curious fan of President Obama’s advocacy of gay marriage: Mariela Castro, niece of ailing and aging Cuban tyrant, Fidel Castro,…

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The Coincident Deaths of a Freedom Fighter and a Dictator

by Dr. Raymond A. Craig December 26, 2011

I was just beginning to process the death of Vaclav Havel and all he did for the cause of peace, freedom and democracy in the world when, like the insinuation of a great manipulator, news broke of the demise of…

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