Category Archives: General News
The Collapse of the Soviet Union
Marxist-Leninist doctrine predicted that capitalism would collapse on the “ash heap of history” as global communism triumphed as an economic system. Instead, 20 years ago Sunday it was the vanguard of the international communist movement, the Soviet Union, which disintegrated. … Continue reading
Reykjavik: Turning Point of the Cold War
Twenty-five years ago this month President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev met in Reykjavik, Iceland, at a summit that appears, in retrospect, to truly be the “turning point in the Cold War.” To many observers, and those … Continue reading
Two Vivid Memories of the Berlin Wall
By Tyrus W. Cobb The Nevada Appeal, Aug 18, 2011 Construction on the Berlin Wall began 50 years ago this week, a monument to the cruelty toward their own populations by the Communist governments of East Germany and the USSR. … Continue reading
NSF: Hiroshima/Nagasaki Revisited
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI REVISITED: WAS THE DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMBS JUSTIFIED? The period between August 6 and August 9 always calls for revaluations of President Truman’s decision to drop the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That took on … Continue reading
Assessing the Impact of the Copenhagen Summit
Colleagues: The global summit on Climate Change that just wrapped up in Copenhagen produced a vague agreement that fell far short of the hopes and expectations of many participants. At the same time, many doubters of the apocalyptic projections of … Continue reading
