In an interview with Pajamas Media about his book A Conservative History of the American Left, author Daniel J. Flynn said too many conservatives err in tracing the origins of the "American Left" to the 1960s. Collectivist ideas and experiments in this country date back to the seventeenth century and, according to Flynn, share a common thread: "scorn for what is and hopes for what could be...in the imagined future."The book commences, timely enough, with an account of the Pilgrims, circa 1620, and their attempt to build their utopia in Plymouth Colony upon communist principles. But hunger and misery ensued.  The colonists' oft-elected governor William Bradford wrote of the conditions:"...this community was found to breed much confusion and discontent and retard much employment that would have been to their benefit and comfort. For the young men, that were most able and fit for labor and service, did repine that they should spend their time and strength to...(Read Full Post)