Phyllis Beveridge
Introduction, Part 1 and Part 2
Section 1: Article Review, “The God that Failed…Over and Over Again,”
The article featured in this first section of Part 3 is an essay from American Thinker, online edition, March 15, 2019, written by Lee Edwards. The author’s premise is that Socialism (and variations thereof), for all its political power, resembles a religion, a god, if you will.
While some may disagree with the analogy, Edwards makes the compelling point that Socialism’s adherents resemble religious zealots.
Why?
He explains in his own question/answer format: Continue reading
On the U.S. and the U.K. Slouching Towards the Shores of Totalitarianism and Why We Need Grown-Ups
Phyllis Beveridge
I rarely wander un-chaperoned into the mine-field of British politics because I am not an historian per se and not a Brit. But on occasion a blog reader from the U.K.* will enlighten me as to what is happening in the struggling Brexit Movement by sending over articles from those who are British historians and political analysts and by sharing his “on the scene” observations.
The news from the other side of the Atlantic is complex, to say the least, involving the various leaders and political entities who comprise the British Parliament with its varying views on the Movement. However, there are certain similarities between our disparate political systems. This post reflects on one that I would put this way:
Where are the grown-ups when we desperately need them?
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