The Cold War

Who Caused the End of the Cold War?

Joseph Nye | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Joseph Nye

The end of the Cold War was a greater historical transformation than 9/11, but controversy persists about its causes.

The Red Dawn Remake: The Chinese Are Coming! The Chinese Are Coming!

Disgrasian | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment


Disgrasian

Remakes are generally never as good as their originals, but what really worries me about the Red Dawn remake is that the foreign invaders this go-around are apparently going to be...Chinese.

Nuclear Proliferation: A Mother's Legacy

Christie Brinkley | Posted 06.13.2009 | World


Christie Brinkley

I want to tell my children that I met the people who worked to free us all from the terror of nuclear weapons, the people who decided to change history and save history.

America's Shadow Government: Part Two

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


John W. Whitehead

This database reportedly contains the names of Americans who, "often for the slightest and most trivial reason, are considered unfriendly, and who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated."

America's Shadow Government: Part One

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


John W. Whitehead

We are, for all intents and purposes, one terrorist attack away from having a full-fledged authoritarian state emerge from the shadows.

Batman and Robin (1949): Marching to a Bureaucratic Beat

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.18.2008 | Entertainment


Erik Lundegaard

Batman is now less vigilante than establishment figure. He doesn't drop off crooks at the local precinct with bat stickers on their foreheads; now he hangs with Commissioner Gordon in his office and plots strategy.