Immigration
Immigration was one of the salient issues in the 2024 presidential race, and one upon which commentators, as well as most Democrats,… Continue Reading

THE AMERICAN LEFT, as embodied by the Democratic Party, finds its fortunes at a low ebb. Having lost the presidency to a known felon, liar, vulgarian and ignoramus with the maturity… Continue Reading

May 11—In an interview with New York Times columnist Ross Douthat (not a favorite of TSD, and ignore his column's title), Democratic Senator from Connecticut Chris Murphy shares his thoughts on how the Democratic Party might dig itself out of its current hole and challenge the "five-alarm fire" presented by the co-opting of our democracy by a cabal bent on turning the nation into an elective dictatorship. Getting less strident on divisive culture-war issues, getting the money out of politics and "de-rigging" an economy set up to make the rich richer while everyone else is lucky to run in place, are among his salient suggestions.

W. E. Smith, Editor, The Social Democrat

With so many online news sites already active on the Web, the question arises, why The Social Democrat? What… Continue Reading

W. E. Smith, Editor, The Social Democrat

After Bernie Sanders unabashedly announced, during the recent presidential campaign, that he is a socialist,… Continue Reading

W. E. Smith, Editor, The Social Democrat

The election of Donald Trump to the presidency last year both stunned and appalled those on the left of America’s… Continue Reading

W. E. Smith, Editor, The Social Democrat

This year's French presidential campaign, which ended May 7 with the election of Emmanuel Macron, was extraordinary… Continue Reading

W. E. Smith, Editor, The Social Democrat

Any analysis of social democracy will inevitably include a discussion of the welfare state. And indeed, the welfare… Continue Reading