The Cold War eased slightly in 1953. In July, an armistice ended fighting in the Korean War, though a peace treaty remained out of reach. It was the death of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin on March 5 which allowed that…
It was 30 years ago this fall that something extraordinary happened, something foreseen by very few in 1989 or, for that matter, in 1979 — with the exception of two men: Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II. That special…
Both my country and I lost a great friend and freedom fighter this week: Herb Meyer, an unsung hero of the Cold War. He received the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal for his November 1983 memo predicting a Soviet collapse…
In today’s hyperpartisan political environment, it’s rare that I manage to give my liberal friends even the slightest moment of pause. But occasionally, when debates on Trumpism and conservatism inevitably turn to Reaganism, and they begin to parrot the usual…
In today’s hyperpartisan political environment, it’s rare that I manage to give my liberal friends even the slightest moment of pause. But occasionally, when debates on Trumpism and conservatism inevitably turn to Reaganism, and they begin to parrot the usual…
As America heads into a season that features a trifecta of patriotic holidays — Memorial Day, Flag Day, and the Fourth of July — Bret Baier’s Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire is perfect…
In 1985 I spent 13 days in Russia — then officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), but which I will call Russia for reader convenience. I traveled with 100 others, under the august auspices of the Smithsonian Institution….
Many writers adopt a public persona. Hemingway’s was that of a macho sportsman. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s was that of a burn-out failure. Today, mystery writer James Ellroy’s is that of a guttural, right-wing loon. With a few exceptions, the literary…
President Trump’s executive action on immigration is a terrific shock to international socialism, whose sinews, including “free” trade, mass immigration/open borders, and Globalism First, have come to undergird the American Way. In such a Marxian system, borders, the nation-state, America First,…