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The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Rise of the Human Spirit
Twenty years ago today was far more than just the fall of the Berlin Wall. No, it was not “the end of history”, as Fukiyama suggested a few years later. This event, coinciding with the fall of the brutal Soviet Empire, and made possible by Communism’s failure in the Eastern bloc of Europe, ...read this post
Remembering 9/11
Every September 11 that comes will always be easy for me to instantly recall how many years have gone by since the 9/11, as my wedding anniversary is September 8, 2001. And even if I didn’t have the type of memory to instantly say, “it has been eight years since 9/11″ (which I do ...read this post
Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War by Patrick Buchannan
If I were to title this review article, it would be: Churchill, Buchannan, and a Pleading for a Purge, for this review is surely not about Hitler, and not about World War II. Unlike the author of the book I am reviewing, I feel no temptation to wonder if perhaps Hitler was trustworthy or ...read this post
The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert Kagan
I would read a lot more books if they were all 105 pages. Kagan’s masterpiece, Dangerous Nation, was nearly 400 pages, and was not quite the four-hour read that this little gem was. But then again, if all books, of any length, were as good as Robert Kagan’s latest piece, I would read ...read this post
God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World by Walter Russell Mead
The 21st century has begun, and few could argue that it has launched with a bang, not a whimper. Less than one decade into the third millennium, and nearly all of the events, values, and patterns that dictated the direction of history over the last three centuries are being called into question. Francis ...read this post
