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Teaching the Truth About Communism

Culture For students today, the fall of the Berlin Wall is ancient history, if they know about it at all. I still remember it like it was yesterday, those famous words spoken by President Ronald Reagan on June 12, 1987 at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down…
bubmag
June 24, 2023
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Hans Modrow, Last Communist Leader Of East Germany, Dead At 95

BERLIN (AP) — Hans Modrow, who served as East Germany’s last communist leader during a turbulent tenure that ended in the country’s first and only free election, has died. He was 95. Modrow died early Saturday, the Left party parliamentary group tweeted. Modrow, a reform-minded communist, took over East Germany…
bubmag
February 11, 2023
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German CO2 cuts stall as coal, oil use cancel out renewable gains

In a pivot away from Russian gas, Germany cut energy consumption to its lowest level since the Berlin Wall fell – but increased coal burning Germany’s carbon dioxide emissions held steady last year, jeopardising the country’s climate targets as higher use of oil and coal offset lower energy consumption and…
bubmag
January 4, 2023
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Pinkerton: 1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall; 2022: Fall of the Covid Wall

A Crack in the Great Covid Wall of China We can now see that the fight against Covid lockdowns is global. The official liberal narrative—that opposition to lockdowns was just “Ron Death Santis” and cranky ultra-conservatives in red states—has long since been shot to hell. For freedom-loving Americans, it’s heartening to…
bubmag
December 11, 2022
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1989-2001: America’s Long Lost Weekend

AP Photo/Joe Marquette, Pool, File From the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11, we had relative peace and prosperity. It was an opportunity to salve some festering national wounds. We squandered it completely—and helped give rise to the crises we're dealing with today. Read Full Article » Read More
bubmag
July 1, 2022
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1989-2001: America’s Long Lost Weekend

On the evening of November 9, 1989, thousands of East Germans—including a 35-year-old chemist named Angela Merkel—peacefully crossed into West Berlin amid chaos and the confusion at the Berlin Wall. Within hours, the gates of the most notorious symbol of the Cold War opened for good, as champagne flowed and…
bubmag
June 27, 2022