The Danger of Going Hungry

Leftists who indulge fantasies of communism in America have no idea what it’s like to run out of food. I am in the middle of a five-day modified fast, so I am experiencing some hunger, just as I have several times before in my life: when I ran out of money as a college student, when I experienced the bare shelves of Eastern Europe during the communist era, and when I fasted for health reasons. Although hunger is familiar to me, I was not surprised to learn that most Americans have not really experienced hunger. According to the Census Bureau’s...