Re “Socialism” (Letter, Feb. 12): Everyone talks about socialism, but hardly anyone defines it. It used to be that socialism and communism were used interchangeably, but it makes no sense to use two ...

Right-wing politicians often conjure up a caricature vision of socialism defined either by Soviet-style gulags or the authoritarianism and shortages seen in modern-day Venezuela. But debates over the ...

To the editor — On the Aug. 8 opinion page the headline asks "Can you define socialism?" My response is "Yes, I can" and so can millions of people who were forced to accept socialism throughout ...

People of a certain ideological ilk seem to overuse the term “socialism” for anything economic or political they don’t like, i.e., Dave Spaulding’s “Socialism comes to Montpelier” in a recent Times ...