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Barack Obama arrived in Berlin this morning to deliver an outdoor speech later today that offers him the opportunity to demonstrate his capacity to represent American ideals to the international public.
Reagan Information Agency chief Charles Wick dies
Charles Z. Wick, who as director of the U.S. Information Agency under Ronald Reagan expanded American broadcasts to Cuba and Russia but whose agency was accused of blacklisting liberals from a government ...
I'll go out on a limb and say that Barack Obama will be well received when he speaks in Berlin on Thursday.
Rethinking the Reagan supremacy
Reagan's presidency, writes Sean Wilentz, "has had an enduring impact." The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008 By Sean Wilentz Harper, 564 pp., illustrated, $27.95 Ronald Reagan "changed the trajectory of ...
Reuters: Who Felled the Berlin Wall? How 'Bout Bruce...
In one of the most ridiculous examples of unbridled hyperbole, Reuters has decided that singer Bruce Springsteen is the one responsible for bringing down the Berlin Wall and ending the Cold War.
Rational Voters? [The Frontal Cortex]
Whenever I happen to watch some talking heads on a cable news channel - usually while stuck in an airport - I'm always impressed by how mistaken the basic premise of the conversation is.
Image: President Reagan in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in June 1987
President Reagan in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in June 1987 London London and Berlin may soon join other cities across Europe in hosting memorials to the late President Ronald Reagan.
BOOK/MAGAZINE: In Search of the Black Fantastic
In Search of the Black Fantastic by Richard Iton. For black entertainers, the pop cultural has always been political, the author argues.
Andrew Breitbart: 'Something's Desperately Wrong' in Hollywood
Andrew Breitbart, CEO of Breitbart.com, had a great op ed in the Washington Times yesterday about how Hollywood oppresses Republicans and conservatives in La La Land.
Easily swayed poll on greatest Russian puts czar, Stalin at top
MOSCOW - Ninety years after he was executed, Czar Nicholas II is leading a tight race to be named the greatest Russian in history.
Del Stone: What's in a middle name?
The caller asked if I knew Barack Obama's middle name. I admitted I did not, although I suspected it wasn't "Petey." "Hussein," the caller told me.
This week in economic news: McCain advocates balancing the budget with magic, Greenspan is either a liar or a fool, and government lenders sag under the weight of bad mortgages.
Don't Misunderestimate Barack Obama
With 68 percent of Americans believing George Bush has done a poor job, and 82 percent saying the country is on the wrong track, the election of 2008 will turn on one issue: Barack Obama.
The youthful and charismatic Barack Obama may often be compared to John F. Kennedy, but Ronald Reagan poses the more interesting parallel.
Pat Buchanan: Don't Misunderestimate Obama
With 68 percent of Americans believing George Bush has done a poor job, and 82 percent saying the country is on the wrong track, the election of 2008 will turn on one issue: Barack Obama.
Margaret Thatcher: A Legacy of Freedom
IT IS A great pleasure to be back at Hillsdale. It is some 32 years since I first visited the College for a meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society.
The Wall Street Journal on the Death of Jesse Helms, 86
From the Wall Street Journal editorial : Since he had to go sometime, Jesse Helms would have liked the idea of dying on July 4. The main cause of his life was defending liberty, especially against Soviet ...
Flip? Flop? Must be a campaign going on
Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday weekend comes that great American tradition, flip-flops. No, not the kind you wear to the pool.
Sailor delivers aid to storm-ravaged hometown
The supplies of water and rice delivered to residents of the typhoon-ravaged Philippines weren't just a humanitarian gesture but a personal delivery of hope for one sailor aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald ...
Beyond the tragedy, the USS Ronald Reagan - Miriam Coronel Ferrer
S enator Rodolfo Biazon was correct to raise the question as to why a warship was being sent to do relief work.