In King James’ version of the Bible – in Matthew 5:15-16 – Jesus says:

“Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.”

Jesus was encouraging us to not hide from the world our skills and good qualities.  But to instead allow them to shine in the open – and illuminate the world for everyone.

It’s not too big of a stretch to apply Jesus’ parable to what’s currently going on with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) – and Ohio’s 15th Congressional district.

There have been many DSA candidates who are proud to say they are DSA candidates.  And many have won in places where you can expect far-Left candidates to win.

It is not a galloping shock that proud-and-open DSA member Zohran Mamdani won the mayoralty of New York City.  It’s New York City.  The people who can remember the tenure of Rudy Giuliani – can only barely do so.

Almost forty DSA Congressional candidates have thus far won Democrat primaries for November’s general election.

But here’s the catch: (more…)