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Trump Follows the Advice of John Quincy Adams. But Will Kim Jong-un Reform?0
- History
- June 13, 2018
Only the most unhinged Trump haters would not be overjoyed at the prospect of peace with North Korea. “The past doesn’t have to be the future” was the message conveyed in the video Trump shared with Kim Jong-un during their summit Only those ignorant of the suffering of the North Korean people would not
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Ronald Reagan Challenged Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to ‘Tear Down’ the Berlin Wall 31 Years Ago 0
- History
- June 12, 2018
On this day (June 12) President Ronald Reagan gave what is probably his most famous and influential speech — the “Berlin Wall speech” — at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, Germany on June 12, 1987. It was in this speech (at about 12:00 in the video below) that Reagan made his famous and history-changing
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5 Facts About the Kim Dynasty of North Korea 0
- Politics
- June 12, 2018
President Trump began a historic summit with the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Here are five facts you should know about the Kim family, the secretive autocratic regime that has ruled North Korea for more than sixty years. (Note: To avoid confusion, I’ve labeled each of the Kim dictators with a numeric designation: Kim
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The Miss America Cover-Up: ‘We are no longer a pageant’0
- Entertainment
- June 12, 2018
First the Barbie makeover, now this. The Miss America Pageant announced last week that it will no longer be a pageant, a word which the Macmillan Dictionary defines as “a competition between young women in which judges decide who is the most beautiful.” “We are no longer a pageant; we are a competition. We will no
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The Degenderettes: How a Violent ‘Art Show’ Is Seeking to Silence Women 0
- Culture
- June 12, 2018
For those who do not use social media, the word “TERF” (which stands for “Trans Exclusive Radical Feminist”) might be disorienting. Thanks to its relatively recent and ferocious introduction into mainstream media, however, the term is gaining widespread use, including news stories about celebrities sporting a signature hairstyle known as “TERF bangs.” The function of
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How Hitler Could Regret He’d ‘Been So Kind’ in a Letter Days Before His Death 1
- History
- June 12, 2018
In a bunker in Berlin on April 27, 1945, just three days before he’d take his own life—either by cyanide or the pistol (historians still debate which killed him)—Adolf Hitler reflected on his shattered dream of creating a thousand-year Third Reich. As the Red Army encircled the German capital, the 56-year-old Hitler, weary and defeated,
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Trump Follows the Advice of John Quincy Adams. But Will Kim Jong-un Reform?0