Checking Putin
Garry Kasparov on chess, communism, and Russia's "one-man dictatorship."
Communism
New York Times Worried That Allowing Cubans to Have More Money Will Increase 'Income Inequality'
No, I'm not making that up
Watch Stossel on 'Capitalism vs. Communism,' Featuring Matt Welch, Tonight at 9 pm on FBN
Other guests include Michael C. Moynihan, Tom Palmer, Jesse Myerson, and Yaron Brook
How Germany Forgot the Horrors of Communism
25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the former East Germany is seen as a quirk of history, not a monstrous police state.
Fidel Castro Backs Normalizing U.S.-Cuba Relations, Also Signals He's Not Dead Yet
U.S.-Cuba relations still have a way to go to get to normal.
Red Army Film Explores Hockey, The Cold War, and Sports as Propaganda
Filmmaker Gabe Polsky and Russian hockey star Slava Fetisov discuss the new documentary about the Soviet national hockey team.
Inside Stalin's Head
A biography offers fresh insights on one of history's bloodiest dictators.
Friday A/V Club: An Exclusive Look at Sony's Revised Cut of The Interview
Or something like that
Berlin Wall's Fall Didn't Resolve Everything
Has the promise of freedom that looked so bright in 1989 faded-or are there grounds for cautious hope, in place of the wild-eyed optimism of a quarter century ago?
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, the Berlin Wall Came Down
The man who gave the order to let the crowd through.
Socialists Push For $20 Minimum Wage But Won't Pay Workers That Much
Or, how to prove your beliefs don't work in the real world.
Friday A/V Club: When Satire, Slapstick, and Surrealism Collide
The long-suppressed Soviet satire My Grandmother, plus a tribute to Bob Hoskins.
The Communist Party's Role in the Rise of Joseph McCarthy
No, not some crazy Manchurian Candidate scenario
Four Great Myths of the McCarthy Era
Sixty years after the Army-McCarthy hearings, we should reexamine some of our accumulated lore about the period.
Friday A/V Club: Footage from the Communist Mirror-Universe
A weird pop relic from the end of the Soviet era
Kim Jong Il Unmasked: Michael Malice's Unauthorized Autobiography of North Korea's Supreme Leader
An event at NYC's Museum of Sex
The Left Still Harbors a Soft Spot For Communism
For all the brutal revelations, the romanticized view of communism as a failed but noble venture has yet to get a stake through the heart.
