Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
In his excellent post about the myriad flaws in the administration’s probable (and inchoate) containment plan for Iran, Max Boot makes a very important point, one I’ve somehow missed when reading others on the same subject. He argues that Leftist nostalgic for the realpolitik of the Cold War, which saw
Continue readingDuring the 1970s, in the era of the Jewish refusniks, this joke emerged from the Soviet Union: Papa was able to get his family out of the Soviet Union, but he ended up staying behind, hoping for an opportunity to follow them. Until then, he promised he’d write. The code
Continue readingReagan gave him the opportunity, but it was Mikhail Gorbachev who personally wielded the power that destroyed the Soviet Union. Many have wondered what gave him the insight and the courage to do so. Maybe this is the answer.
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