Today’s The Perfect Day To Remember Poland’s Working-Class Revolt Against Communism
Lech Walesa turns 75 in September and 35 years ago won the Nobel Peace Prize. He’s probably the most important labor leader of our era.
70 Years Ago, Whittaker Chambers Stood Courageously As A ‘Witness’ Against Totalitarian Propaganda
Chambers avoids easy labels, instead clarifying the stakes of the game: Who has ultimate sovereignty over human life, man or God?
How The Iraq And Afghanistan Wars Soured Americans On NATO
To be effective, NATO needs the support of the American people. That means no more regime-change, occupations, or long term nation-building missions.
Why NATO Shouldn’t Become A Victim Of Its Own Success
Critiques rest on false assumptions about the role of NATO. These are enabled by its success at achieving its objectives.
No, Montenegro Is Not Essential To U.S. National Security Interests
Critics suggest it is ridiculous to question the idea that defending Montenegro via the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is necessary to keep America safe. They’re wrong.
Why The World No Longer Needs The Cold War’s NATO
The old willingness to ‘pay any price, bear any burden’ is waning. There is no reason we should subsidize others’ luxuries, let alone when we have so many problems at home.
The Cold War With Iran Is Back
President Trump’s cancellation of the Iran deal gets America back in to fight our side of it.
Dear Annoying Parkland Kids: We Gave You A Pretty Awesome World, Try Not To Mess It Up
Let’s look at Parkland kids’ arrogant presumption that previous generations messed up the world, so that they have to ‘rebuild’ it.
Putin’s Anti-US Rhetoric Is Heating Up, And We Should Take Him Seriously
Russia’s economy might be weak, and the country might have demographic problems, but on international standing and regional influence, Putin is no lightweight.
History Can’t Be Rewritten To Defend FDR’s Behavior At Yalta
David Woolner’s book, ‘The Last 100 Days: FDR at War and Peace,’ makes some highly disputable claims about FDR’s handing of the Yalta Conference in 1945 in order to make the dying president’s statecraft look more competent.
President Trump Has A Clear Shot At The Iranian Regime
Protests in Iran give us a clear shot at helping take down a dangerous and oppressive dictatorship. Please, please, please, let’s not mess this up.
As Protests Rage, Let’s Be Honest About Iran’s Tyrannical Regime
Unlike President Obama, President Trump is willing to talk about the Iranian regime with moral clarity, calling it ‘brutal and corrupt,’ which it is.
What Communists Did To My Family In The Soviet Gulags
A good way to grasp the breadth of communism’s evils is to understand the depth of the suffering in the lives of its individual victims.
John Le Carré’s Latest Depicts A Spy Who Should Have Stayed In The Cold
‘A Legacy of Spies,’ the new novel by John Le Carré, is an anti-climactic mess eclipsed by the espionage master’s inability to grapple with contemporary political realities.
Trump’s Critics Don’t Get Putin’s Real Agenda
The president’s critics seem to demonstrate that they don’t know Cold War history, don’t understand Russia, and don’t understand how authoritarians like Putin operate.
Nose Into The U.S. Government’s Plans For The Apocalypse Here
Historian Garrett Graff has recently released his book, ‘Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government’s Secret Plan to Save Itself—While the Rest of Us Die.’
Trump’s Warsaw Speech Evoked Reagan’s Cold War Rhetoric, Not The Alt-Right’s
Progressive media outlets were scandalized by Trump’s defense of western civilization. But there was nothing radical about his speech, just his critics.
Fifty Years Ago, Israel Saved Western Civilization In The Middle East
If we think that region is chaotic now, imagine if there were not a state like Israel to mitigate the barbarism that repeatedly emanates from it.
70 Years Ago, George Marshall Announced His Plan To Rebuild A Devastated Europe
Far too few American kids learn about the world wars, the Marshall Plan, the Cold War, or stellar military leadership.
Can We Escape A Second Cold War With Russia?
Peter Conradi’s new book ‘Who Lost Russia?’ recaps a quarter-century of failed diplomacy, and raises the question of whether the West can admit past mistakes and come up with a plan for dealing with Russia.
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