Berlin Wall on Townhall

• ObamaCare Is Pro-Market Like the Berlin Wall Was Pro-Migrant Mon Oct 1
  Michael F. Cannon
  The oped is just nutty, and emblematic of the lack of intellectual rigor among the Church of Universal Coverage members residing in both left-wing and right-wing think tanks. ... more
• Communism on Parade? High School Marches to Marx and Lenin Fri Sep 28
  Paul Kengor
  “What do you think of this?” So began a phone call from Todd Starnes of FoxNews radio. Starnes asked me for a comment on a shocking story: A band at a high school near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania performed a halftime show titled, “St. Petersburg 1917,” a musical commemoration of the Bolshevik Revolution, replete with hammers and sickles, military uniforms, and red flags. ... more
• Analysis: Gaddafi is Africa's latest "Big Man" to fall Fri Oct 21
  Reuters News
• Analysis: Renewable "gold rush" powers Germany's north shore Mon Oct 17
  Reuters News
• Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and the Berlin Wall Sat Oct 8
  Karen Lugo
  In the day of heroes, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and John Paul II all had a voice in defying Communism as President Reagan issued the challenge: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” This trio of Western leaders labored for years, conspiring in the cause of freedom and inserting their agenda of liberty into every crack as Soviet Communism crumbled owing to corruption, demoralization and economic decay. ... more
• The King of the World Wed Sep 28
  Robert Knight
  Rodney King showed up at the United Nations on Sept. 20 and instructed everyone there to well, get along. ... more
• The Man Who Married the Goat (And Reflections on the Meaning of Marriage) Mon Sep 19
  Michael Brown
  Is marriage simply the union of two human beings or is it specifically the union of a man and a woman? ... more
• The War America Fights Sat Sep 10
  Caroline Glick
  Ten years ago, in the shadow of the crater at Ground Zero, the smoldering Pentagon and a field of honor in Pennsylvania, America found itself at war. ... more
• Andrew Sullivan's Atlantic Error Sat Sep 10
  Ken Blackwell
  In liberals’ frenzy to elect Barack Obama in 2008, no one was quite as far out to sea as Andrew Sullivan, a respected columnist for the Atlantic website. He served up his “Daily Dish” by the plateful. ... more
• Germany marks construction of the Berlin Wall Sat Aug 13
  AP News
• AP photographer remembers Berlin Wall Fri Aug 12
  AP News
• Remembering the Shame Fri Aug 12
  Suzanne Fields
  We're all children of our histories. Some of us become victims, others reactors and rebels. Some of us just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Commemorations, celebrations and memorials become important, documenting what is, what was and what might have been. ... more
• Arianna Huffington Should Register as a Foreign Agent Fri Aug 5
  Humberto Fontova
  Given the success of Castro’s recruitment of U.S. agents of influence, the line between his propaganda apparatchiks and the blathering from the Democratic/MSM complex has always been blurred to the point of invisibility. ... more
• Bush Still a Bogeyman to Europeans Tue Jul 19
  Rachel Marsden
  "Some argue that Obama is merely a victim who was in the wrong place at the wrong time when the till ran empty." ... more
• Dependency or Independence? Thu Jul 7
  Robert Knight
  During this past July 4th weekend, Americans rightly celebrated American Exceptionalism and our hard-won freedom from European dominance. ... more
• America and the Golden Age of Capitalism Tue Jul 5
  Jack Bouroudjian
  The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced, if the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance. -Cicero ... more
• Corruption Feeds Crises Worldwide Wed Jun 29
  Austin Bay
  What links the Arab Spring rebellions with political agitation in China and at least another five dozen simmering or emerging crises? ... more
• Reagan Let Crisis Make Him Stronger Thu Mar 31
  Jackie Gingrich Cushman
  Less than a month after an assassination attempt on his life, Reagan spoke to a joint session of Congress regarding his economic plan. ... more
• Embarking on a New Age of Freedom Wed Mar 30
  Armstrong Williams
  There’s a relatively new collection of essays making its way around Washington circles asking a provocative question that, I’m sure, many have acted out in their own personal lives yet never really pondered what it meant — a book entitled, "Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?" ... more
• A Gift for the Obvious Tue Mar 29
  Cal Thomas
  If there were an award for stating the obvious when it comes to the Middle East, it would go to The New York Times. On its front page last Friday, the newspaper ran a story headlined, "Muslim Group is Rising Force in New Egypt." ... more
• The Multilateral Trade-Off Mon Mar 21
  Michael Gerson
  President Obama's decision to participate in the air campaign against Moammar Gaddafi's regime is a vast improvement over previous policy, a victory for human rights idealists within the administration, and the application of an important international standard known as "the responsibility to protect." ... more
• The Risk That 2/11/11 Will End up Like Iran's 2/11/79 Mon Feb 14
  Michael Barone
  It looks like 2/11/11 will go down in history with 11/9/89, not 6/4/89. 6/4/89 is when the Chinese military obeyed orders to massacre protesters in Tiananmen Square; 11/9/89 is when East German leaders announced the opening of the Berlin Wall and declined to order border guards to shoot the Berliners who began dismantling the barrier that had stood for 28 years. ... more
• The Pentagon Opts for Economy of Force Wed Feb 9
  Austin Bay
  This week, the Pentagon published a national military strategy document, its first revision since 2004. The National Military Strategy, 2011" (NMS 2011) begins with the assertion that the U.S. has reached a "strategic inflection point." ... more
• Reagan’s Rollback of Communism Is a Model for the Tea Parties Tue Feb 8
  Robert Knight
  Years ago, when I was a Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, I got to sit down with Martin Anderson, one of Ronald Reagan’s closest advisers. ... more
• Keys to Reagan's Effectiveness Sun Feb 6
  Janice Shaw Crouse
  Former President Ronald Reagan’s centennial is just around the corner--February 6, the date of this year’s Super Bowl Sunday. It is appropriate to review some of the reasons for his greatness. ... more

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