Why is that President Obama must make it appear that the world began anew with his inauguration not quite ten months ago? In his videotaped speech to the audience assembled to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of fall of the Berlin Wall, he mentioned his own accomplishments more than those of [...]
A reader called to remind me that in all the talk about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the importance of Berlin during the Cold War (how many spy novels were set in Berlin with all its wheels within wheels and changing alliances), we have forgotten an event that [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
President Barack Obama made a surprise video appearance at the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall:
“In the message beamed into celebrations at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, once on the border between East and West Berlin, Obama told cheering crowds: “Even in the face of [...]
As we celebrate today the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Empire, let us take a moment to remember the bitter legacy of Communism, based on an ideology drawn up not by men who studied human nature, but by an [...]
What is missing from these two articles?
The first is from the Associated Press, commemorating the anniversary of the historic day when the Berlin wall came a-tumblin' down:
Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border on Monday to cheers of "Gorby! Gorby!" as a' [...]
When I say "our," I mean the collection of Times editorial writers and editors who worked in the same department 20 years ago as I do now (for the record, I was 9 years old when the then-undead German Democratic Republic announced on Nov. [...]
With prayers, music and pomp, Germany, with world leaders in attendance, today celebrates the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell.
** QUICK HITS. Word is that President Barack Obama will likely split the difference on troop requests for Afghanistan. Not a surprise. … It looks more [...]
It is a fitting tribute on the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to rightly note the man who challenged the evils of Communism, rallied his nation behind him and defeated the oppressive regimes.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has history right as she told our US Congress last [...]
For those who love freedom, we will never forget the fall of the Berlin Wall. Twenty years ago today (November 9, 1989), countless millions under the shackles of Communism experience freedom for the first time in 30 years… the “Evil Empire” collapsed, East and West [...]
Tomorrow I’m sure the mainstream media will be abuzz about the fall of the Berlin Wall, echoing old lies and maybe making up some new ones. In anticipation of the onslaught of propaganda coming our way, William Blum, author of Killing Hope, has a wonderful essay over at [...]
Monday is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which precipitated the crumbling of the Soviet Union, an occurrence most people still don’t understand. Without the slightest bit of shame at blatant self-promotion I commend the piece I wrote that will be in the Sunday Commentary section. [...]
Public option, shmublic option. If you really want to get people worked up about healthcare reform, start talking about whether it should cover abortions and illegal immigrants. Today, the editorial board tackles both those issues, saying that abortion opponents are looking to "extend federal prohibitions [...]
