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The Cold War

Who Caused the End of the Cold War?

Joseph Nye | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Berlin Wall, Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev, Berlin, The Cold War, Soviet Union, World News
Joseph Nye

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

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

Disgrasian | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Russia, The Outsiders, Connor Cruise, Xenophobia, Teen Movies, C. Thomas Howell, Red Dawn Remake, Cold War, The Cold War, Mujahideen, Communism, 1980's Movies, Insurgents, Tom Cruise, Guerrilla War, Red Dawn, China, Cuba, Patrick Swayze, Soviet Union, Entertainment News
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.

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Nuclear Proliferation: A Mother's Legacy

Christie Brinkley | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Proliferation, Christie Brinkley, Cold War, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, The Cold War, World News
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.

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America's Shadow Government: Part Two

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Suspension of the Constitution, Ronald Reagan, National Security Presidential DIrective 51, Mount Weather, George W. Bush, 9/11, Donald Rumsfeld, Shadow Government, Cog, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Security Presidential Directive 20, The Cold War, Dick Cheney, Wwii, Authoritarian Government, Peter DeFazio, Martial Law, Constitution, President Bush, September 11th, Office of the Presidency at Mount Weather, Continuity of Government Plan, Politics News
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."

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America's Shadow Government: Part One

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Shadow Government, Martial Law, Constitution, President Bush, Suspension of the Constitution, Ronald Reagan, National Security Presidential DIrective 51, Mount Weather, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Dwight D. Eisenhower, COG, Security Presidential Directive 20, The Cold War, Dick Cheney, Wwii, Authoritarian Government, Peter DeFazio, September 11th, Office of the Presidency at Mount Weather, Continuity of Government Plan, Politics News
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.

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

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Douglas Croft, Movie Reviews, Movie Serials, Vicki Vale, Batman, Batman and Robin, Movies, Robert Lowery, Commissoner Gordon, The Cold War, Batcave, Entertainment News
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.

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