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Taxed More Than Their Income?

Reuters | Posted 05.18.2013 | Business

* 8,000 households paid more in tax than they earned * Data show impact of Socialists' one-off levy PARIS, May 18 (Reute...

Hugo Chávez Will Be Missed

Rafael Fernández de Castro | Posted 04.09.2013 | World
Rafael Fernández de Castro

Cancer was a blessing for the legacy of Hugo Chávez. Cancer allowed the former Venezuelan president to die a martyr, derailing him from a fate á la ...

I'm With Stupid: Start Actually Promoting the General Welfare

Todd Hartley | Posted 04.05.2013 | Comedy
Todd Hartley

It ain't socialism if it's in the Constitution, right? I don't know about you, but I'd rather pay (and have poor folks pay, too) a little more in taxes and not have to subsidize the health-insurance industry.

Are We Heading Towards Cyprus or Socialism?

Les Leopold | Posted 04.04.2013 | Business
Les Leopold

What will happen the next time the largest banks in America gamble their way into chaos? Will taxpayers bail them out again or will the "stakeholders" be forced to make up the losses?

Is There a Role for Philanthropy in a Socialist State?

Claudia Jacobs | Posted 04.01.2013 | World
Claudia Jacobs

I recently boarded an airplane with five colleagues and friends headed for Havana, Cuba. While the trip was mainly a "people to people exchange" vacat...

A Quibble That Revealed a Lot

Frank A. Weil | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics
Frank A. Weil

If we accept the position that public social support has to have some rational limits, then many more people must build on whatever that base of support will be to push their lives further forward with their own efforts, brains, energy and ambition.

Hugo Chavez Is No Hero

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.05.2013 | World
Fernando Espuelas

Hugo Chavez is dead -- but he is no hero. Even as his supporters pour into the streets to mourn their fallen idol, the damage he caused to Venezuela is incalculable.

Venezuela's Economic Troubles Continue

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 04.30.2013 | World
Joel D. Hirst

Venezuelans have spent that decade struggling under the yoke of high unemployment, rampant inflation and crippling shortages of everything from rice to flour to coffee. It has left Chávez in the awkward position of blaming Venezuela's hobbled private sector for the failure of his own socialist policies.

Plus-Size Socialism

Barry Levinson | Posted 04.21.2013 | Comedy
Barry Levinson

As the Republican Party continues to harp on the socialist leanings of President Obama, maybe we need to turn our sights to other areas of socialist policies in this nation that no one openly talks about. Clothing, for example.

Barack Obama Is a Lousy Socialist

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 04.19.2013 | Politics
Fernando Espuelas

You simply can't logically and empirically connect "socialism" to our country's economic/social/political system's reality, a reality that we can see and measure.

Home Movies Are Socialist

Michael Molina | Posted 04.17.2013 | Comedy
Michael Molina

Our dregs illustrate the most extreme counter-capitalist measures that The American Family has produced in pursuit of their socialist film empire. Witness the horror and band together with us as we blacklist The American Family from appearing in our homes!

David Mamet's Newsweek Eruption: Another Reason We Need Solid Reporting on Guns

Paul Raeburn | Posted 04.05.2013 | Media
Paul Raeburn

David Mamet's anger and passion is so intense that if he proclaimed this in a theater you'd be able to see the spittle settling like gentle rain on the patrons in the first few rows of the orchestra. Sadly, intensity is not all we have. It's accompanied by dreadful lack of reporting.

There Is Something Wrong With Capitalism: Martin Luther King and the 'S' Word

Dion Rabouin | Posted 03.24.2013 | Black Voices
Dion Rabouin

As we honor Martin Luther King, Jr. it's important that we honor who the man really was and not who he's been mythologized to be. King was a fearsome critic of American economic policy and were he alive today I have to imagine that even at age 84 he would be more active than ever.

The Trouble With Transnistria

Miles Atkinson & Fleur De Weerd | Posted 03.10.2013 | Travel
Miles Atkinson & Fleur De Weerd

An unrecognized breakaway Republic sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine, it has been called the most lawless place in Europe and is rumored to be a thriving transit zone for arms and human trafficking.

Chavez Suffering From 'Severe' Respiratory Problem

Reuters | Daniel Wallis and Diego Ore | Posted 03.05.2013 | World

CARACAS, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still suffering a "severe" respiratory infection that has hindered his breathing as h...

Obama Attacked As 'Socialist' Who Wants To 'Destroy'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 12.14.2012 | Politics

Televangelist Pat Robertson, host of the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club," accused President Barack Obama of being a "socialist" who wants ...

Obama Beats Back Accusations Of Socialism

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 12.14.2012 | Politics

President Barack Obama rejected the notion that his policies rang of socialism on Thursday, arguing that his platform was more similar to a "moderate ...

Maduro Is No Chávez, for Now

Javier Corrales | Posted 02.11.2013 | World
Javier Corrales

After much speculation, President Hugo Chávez announced that he now had a person in mind to succeed him -- Nicolás Maduro, the minister of foreign affairs who was elevated to vice president in October. So who is Maduro, and will he ever command the loyalty of chavistas?

Fearing a Diverse Future

Paul Stoller | Posted 02.10.2013 | Politics
Paul Stoller

In the wake of Obama's resounding victory, many people in the GOP base refuse to accept the election results. So what happens if the GOP's fear of change persists even in the face of overwhelming evidence that American society is becoming a multilingual and multicultural?

Jason Linkins

Lots Of Confused People Were Led To Look Up The Word 'Socialism' In The Dictionary Because Of The Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.12.2012 | Politics

According to the news, two of the most looked-up words in the dictionary (or, at least the Merriam-Webster dictionary, anyway) in 2012 were "capitalis...

Palin Scared Of 'Socialist' Obama

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 12.04.2012 | Politics

"Barack Obama is a socialist," former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), claimed on Fox News Monday night, speaking about her concerns regarding a fiscal cl...

Is Fox Even Helping the Republicans Anymore?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 01.29.2013 | Politics
Lincoln Mitchell

There is no inevitable link between conservatism and stupidity, but one could be forgiven for coming to that conclusion while watching Fox News.

Apartment Hunting In Paris

Seth Engel | Posted 01.10.2013 | Travel
Seth Engel

No Paris apartment is ever a sure thing.

Socialist Candidate Makes Waves In The Northwest

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 11.09.2012 | Politics

President Barack Obama is not a socialist, but the frequent and misguided use of the word to criticize him might make it hard to believe that there ar...

7 Exciting, Inspiring -- and Overlooked -- Lessons From the "99 Percent" Election

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 01.07.2013 | Politics
Richard (RJ) Eskow

This election was a clear and unequivocal victory for the populist positions the president took on the campaign trail. Don't believe the hype: This was a great night for progressives, populists and agents of change.