socialism

In a recent column in the New York Times, David Brooks reflected on the social problems created by the slow death, catalyzed by individualism, of the traditional nuclear family.

A toast to Paul Ryan -- or to Mitt Romney who made him his teammate in the U.S. presidential race -- for putting a grand old argument back on the front burner.

Masses of people thronged Place de la Bastille -- symbolically representative of the French revolution -- to cheer the electoral victory May 6 of French Socialist Party candidate François Hollande.