Bernie Sanders is the frontrunner for the Democrat nomination for president.  Although there's still a long way to go before the party picks a nominee at the convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin the week of July 13, it appears to be a race between Sanders, the dyed-in-the-wool socialist, and Michael Bloomberg, the quintessential capitalist.  The battle is going to be of epic proportions and more than a bit puzzling.  It's one thing for a political party to call itself "a large tent" that welcomes people of all stripes, but how can it have two polar opposites vying for the same brass ring? That raises the question: what does the Democrat Party actually stand for?  Given the individual issues such as gun confiscation, hysteria over the environment, open borders, higher taxes, and free health care for illegal aliens, it's clearly evident that it stands for ever larger government control over our lives.  Sanders has...(Read Full Post)