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Perspectives on the fall of the Berlin Wall
We make fun of Nostradamus and numerologists, but give editors an anniversary and the floodgates open. We're anniversary-ologists, as USA Today might say. Unfortunately, trying to take the pulse of what happened in Eastern Europe in 1989 is more complex...Tags: Corporate Crime, China, Berlin Wall's Fall (1989), Helmut Kohl, Breads
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Music review: Russian National Orchestra in Cerritos
Culture MonsterThe Russian National Orchestra, a miracle of perestroika, was founded by Mikhail Pletnev 20 years ago. The first orchestra in Russia with no state support, it broke all the rules. It was an orchestra with no tradition, led by a...... -
C-SPAN: This program lasts 31 years, with no end in sight
Top of the TicketC-SPAN's Greatest Hits! And more!! The public service network unveils a searchable, vast video archive going back to 1987.... -
Expand or scrap missile ban
Twenty years ago this December, President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the only treaty in history that eliminated an entire class of weapons -- shorter- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The treaty commonly referred to as...Tags: U.S. Army, Religious Conflicts, Stanford University, Pakistan, Israel
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George McGovern: Cheney is wrong about me, wrong about war
GEORGE S. MCGOVERN, a former U.S. senator from South Dakota, was the Democratic nominee for president in 1972.VICE PRESIDENT Dick Cheney recently attacked my 1972 presidential platform and contended that today's Democratic Party has reverted to the views I advocated in 1972. In a sense, this is a compliment, both to me and the Democratic Party. Cheney intended no...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Osama bin Laden, Defense, Wars and Interventions, George W. Bush
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What to do after a repudiation election
Economist LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS was secretary of the Treasury under Clinton. He is a contributing editor to Opinion.TUESDAY'S MIDTERM election victories for the Democrats in the House and the Senate were striking but not historically extraordinary. Of the 16 midterm elections since World War II, Tuesday's was the seventh that could be classified as a repudiation...Tags: Philosophy, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, History, Heads of State
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Has Gates learned his lesson?
JENNIFER GLAUDEMANS is a former CIA analyst and an attorney.FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence asked me to testify at the confirmation hearings for Robert M. Gates, who had been nominated to be director of Central Intelligence. I was asked because I had worked in the CIA's office of...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Wars and Interventions, Robert Gates, Iraq, Diplomacy
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L.A. Fashion Award nominees announced
Times Staff WriterMembers of the Los Angeles fashion community converged on the Standard Hotel in West Hollywood last night to find out (as Heidi Klum might say) "who's in and who's out" of the running for the third annual L.A. Fashion Awards And even though The Mirror'...Tags: Management Change, Television, Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, Ceremonies
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What's NATO worth?
Today's question: How far east should NATO expand? Should the United States concede Russian dominance over the Caucasus in exchange for admitting, say, Ukraine into NATO? Previously, Moynihan and Meier discussed Russia’s membership in G-8 and...Tags: G8, Moscow (Russia), Wars and Interventions, Estonia, Russia
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China: sweet or sour?
Today, Farah and Martinez discuss the broad question of U.S. engagement with China. Later this week, they'll debate killer toys, military threats, Olympic boycotts and more. See the evil By Joseph Farah Dear Andrés, It's funny how some people see evil...Tags: Nazi Party, China, Donald Trump, Crime, Law and Justice, Values
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New Russia, new threat
On Aug. 17, Russian President Vladimir V. Putin announced that a dozen missile-carrying strategic bombers, accompanied by support and tanker planes, will be permanently airborne. Their mission: to protect Russian territory. From whom? Putin didn't name...Tags: NATO, Stanford University, European Union, Terrorism, Wars and Interventions
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Obama's nuke-free world
Today's topic: Was President Obama right or naive to call for a world without any nuclear weapons? Andrew Grotto and Gabriel Schoenfeld debate the future of U.S. policy on nuclear proliferation.
The world is waiting on the U.S. Point: Andrew Grotto...Tags: Martin Sheen, Dmitry Medvedev, Pakistan, Defense, Wars and Interventions
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