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The Fall Of The Wall, 30 Years Later

quoting Stephen Kotkinvia Powerline
Saturday, November 9, 2019
The fall of the Berlin Wall on this day 30 years ago was the most spectacular moment of the end of the Cold War, but in fact only represented the mid-point in the “last sad chapter” of this bizarre story, as Ronald Reagan once put it. The occasion of remembering the last day of the Wall is a fitting time to recall the broader sweep of events that surrounded it.
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Richard Allen: Remember Ronald Reagan's First Visit To The Berlin Wall, 1978

interview with Richard V. Allenvia The John Batchelor Show
Friday, November 8, 2019
Hoover Institution fellow Richard Allen discusses Ronald Reagan's first visit to the Berlin Wall.
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The Berlin Wall’s Chinese Shadow

quoting Niall Ferguson, Timothy Garton Ashvia The Washington Post
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Even more than the commemoration marked a decade ago, the 30th anniversary this Saturday of the fall of the Berlin Wall feels like a reckoning. A full generation of people weren’t alive during the heady days of 1989, when the collapse of a literal and symbolic barrier preceded the implosion of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
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'Tear Down This Wall' Speechwriter Recounts What Almost Wasn't

featuring Peter M. Robinsonvia Fulton Sun
Thursday, November 7, 2019

The man behind former President Ronald Reagan's famous "tear down this wall" line faced many barriers trying to bring the speech to life.

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Judicial Legitimacy And Proposals To Restructure The Supreme Court

interview with Richard A. Epstein, Adam J. Whitevia Reasonable Disagreements
Thursday, November 7, 2019

Nice Court You Have Here, Shame If Something Happened To It.

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The Classicist: Turkey: Our Untenable Ally

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia The Classicist
Thursday, November 7, 2019

As tensions grow in the relationship between Washington and Ankara, is the relationship worth preserving?

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Democrats, Tyranny, And Sophistry

by Bruce Thorntonvia FrontPage Mag.com
Thursday, November 7, 2019

Something more ancient and dangerous is going on than just the usual Democrat double standards.

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The Libertarian: Confronting Your Impeacher?

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The Libertarian
Thursday, November 7, 2019

Does President Trump have a legal right to cross-examine the whistleblower?

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Reagan’s ‘Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall’ Was Almost Left Unsaid, Recalls Former Speechwriter, Now Hoover Fellow

featuring Peter M. Robinsonvia Stanford News
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Ronald Reagan’s former speechwriter and current Hoover Institution fellow Peter M. Robinson shares what inspired those now famous words – “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” – and how they were almost cut from the speech.

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Peter Robinson: Common Knowledge With Michael Knowles

interview with Peter M. Robinsonvia The Daily Wire
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Hoover Institution fellow Peter Robinson on Common Knowledge, what Robinson already knows.

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