soviet union

In this post, the author brilliantly contrasted Barack Obama’s proposed talks with Iran to those put forth by Defense Secretary Gates, by comparing what Gates was proposing to what Reagan did with the Soviet Union from a position of strength. He also compared Obama’s suggestion with how Kennedy met with Krushchev from a position of [...]

Bush in Israel compared talking with terrorists with appeasing Nazis; asserting that any progress from such negotiations would be a "foolish delusion." Ironic...

Today on the radio we’ll interview David Hagberg and Boris Gindin.  Mr. Hagberg has spent three decades studying the Soviet Union–their government, military, secret intelligence services, and more.

It won’t make you whole. Katie Allison Granju reports on the correlation between happiness and one’s form of political government:

What an awesome story, from the Telegraph:

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Communist leader of the Soviet Union, has acknowledged his Christian faith for the first time, paying a surprise visit to pray at the tomb of St Francis of Assisi.

Poor Mike Huckabee is furious that Washington State awarded its delegates to John McCain instead of counting all of the votes. He thinks Republicans should be up in arms about this travesty. Hmmm.... this is sounding familiar.

Kevin of Lean Left links to a very interesting article by Ezra Klein of the American Prospect.
In that article, Klein reveals that Reagan wasn’t nearly as conservative as the myth makes him out to be.
This is a guy who raised taxes six years in a row, sat down with the Soviet Union with no preconditions, [...]

Ezra Klein highlights how the mythical Reagan of the conservative base voters’ minds is different from the real Reagan:

I went to the movies yesterday and saw a great movie! I give it five stars, two thumbs up!