BERLIN WALL Archive

Communism Point & Click
So little is left of the Berlin Wall that Reuters reports authorities have resorted to handing tourists a GPS powered device if they want to recreate that closed in feeling.
We know where the Wall went: vast chunks carried off to America for victory displays. Prime offenders are Presidential […]

Dreams From My Fathers
Barak Obama continues his stroll with greatness, now planning to hype the Reagan and JFK comparisons to dizzy new heights by taking his act to Berlin.
Other pols have gotten some of that Platz Pizzazz too.
The Wall may be gone, but […]

Before They Were Stars
Fortunate son Michael Reagan feels dad is under-appreciated, so he’s off to Berlin to locate a proper setting to mark Ronald Reagan single handedly wrestling communism to the ground.
Michael is holding an event at the Cafe Einstein, despite the famed scientist’s notorious red ties.
It’s not like Ronald […]

Local Heroes
The case often made for Presidential Libraries is that their localness, their dispersion out of Washington somehow furthers a deeper understanding of those who held the office. David McCullough says keep ‘em down on the farm:

“…it is valuable for anyone trying to understand the life of a […]

Tear Down This Myth!
From blogs4mccain comes a novelty:
attacking the cult of Ronald Reagan because it is a weapon false conservatives use to attack one of our greatest Presidents, George W. Bush.
What follows is but a small taste, and I can’t follow the argument, but I applaud the effort. Or at least […]