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Cold War's End -- The Wall Comes Down

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The fall of The Wall signified the fall of the Soviet Union, and an end to the Cold War. And while this was of enormous historical import, I fear that future generations won't really pay much attention to it.

Designer Issey Miyake: I'm A Hiroshima Survivor

New York Times | Issey Miyake | Posted 08.14.2009 | Style


On Aug. 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on my hometown, Hiroshima. I was there, and only 7 years old. When I close my eyes, I still see thi...

Hidden Travels Of The A-Bomb: Invented Only Once, Spread Around The World

nytimes.com | WILLIAM J. BROAD | Posted 01.08.2009 | World


In 1945, after the atomic destruction of two Japanese cities, J. Robert Oppenheimer expressed foreboding about the spread of nuclear arms. "They ar...

Palin Ain't no Truman

Diane Francis | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics


Diane Francis

In 1934, Truman was elected as a U.S. Senator and for the next ten years undertook a distinguished career in Washington DC representing the people of Missouri.