In recent columns I have celebrated the energy and ideas brought into the Democratic party by newly-elected young leftists, defended them from criticism, condemned the red-baiting of the left, and explained how and why “socialism” has played an important role in the history of American democracy, and ought not to be feared. It will be necessary, at some point in … Continue reading Kamala Harris Is Not a Red-Baiter, She’s Just Not a Socialist (Like Most Americans)