SOCIALISM, R.I.P.: Roger Kimball writes an obit for socialism in the latest "New Criterion":

It is one of the great ironies of modern history that socialism, which promises a more humane, caring, and equitable society, has consistently delivered a more oppressive and mismanaged one. Socialism’s motto...turns out to be: “If you build it, they will leave.” If, one must add, they are allowed to leave.