If there is one thing you’d think people had learned by now from all the failed socialist and communist around the world, it is that fighting unemployment by simply creating more government jobs is not the way to go.

Everybody would also realize by now, you’d think, that the government has to encourage people to produce and buy, rather than to stay at home and do nothing.

Sadly, not so:

THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks on job creation and job training, 11:30 a.m., EEOB 350 – Per the White House, “President Obama deliver remarks outlining proposals to help unemployed workers attend community college, allow more workers to receive unemployment while enrolled in education or training programs, and will build a clearinghouse to help workers take advantage of these opportunities.| MORE ›

Ron Radosh says he was:

In my very first week of blogging, I wrote about the revered late left-wing journalist, I.F. Stone. Sure, Izzy charmed a lot of his supporters.| MORE ›