In honor of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Marque’s Letters brings you President Ronald Reagan’s speech on June 12, 1987. While it did not bring down the Wall, it reiterated the West’s commitment to the freedom of the people of Eastern Europe, a principle that Reagan made the centerpiece of [...]
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‘Tear Down This Wall’
Posted in culture, politics, tagged Berlin Wall, communism, freedom, history on November 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Five Easy Pieces: Simple Solutions to Obama’s Quagmire
Posted in health care, politics, tagged communism, Guantanamo, health care, Obama, politics on October 26, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Perhaps the most amazing thing to me about President Obama’s popularity tailspin is how easy it would be for him to get out of it. People still like the guy (although that may be changing, as well) — they just don’t like his policies, and they don’t think he’s listening to them. Any one of [...]
The Case of the Missing Anniversaries
Posted in culture, politics, tagged 1989, communism, history on October 19, 2009 | 39 Comments »
Western cultures have long subscribed to the tradition that anniversaries ending in 0 or 5 deserve special mention, if not celebration. That premise goes double for the media, which has found the anniversary to be a great way to spice up a slow news day. This habit of ours seems stranger the longer you think [...]
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