Resolved: Robert Rosenkranz is Working to Restore Intelligence and Civility–One Debate at a Time

My parents were communists, and volunteers Robert Rosenkranz, but not in any sophisticated way. It was just a part of the New York left-wing milieu. Rosenkranz was skeptical of their ideology, even as a boy. Children often rebel against their parents’ ideas, he says, and when I heard my mother quote Marx approvingly From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs it immediately struck me as wrong. After all, I thought of myself as able and hard-working and saw no reason why those who were not should have a claim on whatever prosperity I might eventually be able to add to the world.