Many people of mature years are amazed at how many young people have voted for Senator Bernie Sanders, and are enthusiastic about the socialism he preaches.
Many of those older people have lived long enough to have seen socialism fail, time and again, in countries around the world. Venezuela, with all its rich oil resources, is currently on the verge of economic collapse, after its heady fling with socialism.
STATE HOUSE — A dispute between General Electric and federal environmental officials is a "separate issue" from the company's forthcoming move to Boston from Connecticut, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday.
State and Boston officials announced last month that GE would move its global headquarters to the South Boston waterfront in a deal involving more than $145 million in state and city financial incentives. In western Massachusetts, the Housatonic River, near a former GE industrial facility in Pittsfield, has been the site of ongoing Environmental Protection Agency cleanup efforts.
