As someone whose editorial once persuaded Target to pull a politically charged item from its store shelves, I know how sensitive the retail giant can be to political controversy. Obviously, Target thought its stocking of Hasbro's Monopoly Socialism fell into this category — a game of Monopoly that takes the players all through the disgusting inevitabilities of someone navigating a socialist landscape — from shortages to taxes to tragedies of the commons.  For reasons it has yet to explain to anyone, it pulled the item.  And apparently, Target's supplier, Hasbro, pulled the item, too, making it impossible to get the game from any official supplier now.  It's possible Target pulled the item because Hasbro stopped making it.  But dollars to donuts, the pull pressure came from the Target side.  Plenty of leftists call the shots at...(Read Full Post)