On Wednesday, Dave wrote:

Many of the immigrants from the USSR that I've talked to are amazed that some people in America believe in Communism and Socialism. They can't understand why someone would support an ideology that has ruined so many lives. I can't understand it either.

Interestingly, today my mom sent me an email that contained excerpts from this piece penned by Cornel Nistorescu, a Romanian writer, and published by Evenimentul Zilei on 24 September 2002.

Go'head and read it.