by Laura Conaway

NPR friend Wright Bryan sends this from the New York Times, Inside Socialist Party Headquarters. Wright notes that we've been hearing a lot lately about socialism, from the presidential race to the Wall Street bailout.

Capital-S Socialists would like to object in particular to the idea that having the government buy into banks is a socialist move. From the Times:

"It doesn't make any sense," said Zelig Stern, a taxi driver and the secretary of the party's New York chapter. "Corporate socialism can't exist — it's a contradiction in terms."