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Friday, Nov 23, 2012 3:00 PM UTC
Historian Jon Wiener asks: If the Cold War was a great struggle the West won, then where are all the monuments?
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Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 7:43 PM UTC
A pair of PBS specials reminds us that 50 years ago this week, we were on the brink of total nuclear annihilation
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Monday, Oct 15, 2012 9:58 PM UTC
Fifty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, its lessons about the perils of global domination still resonate
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Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
Nine months ago, I took a vacation. Thanks to a broken immigration system and one misstep, I can't reenter the U.S.
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Friday, Sep 7, 2012 8:43 PM UTC
"The Case For Romney" gets a little bit Communist
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Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 8:39 AM UTC
While the yellow bear makes a comeback on the big screen, his Soviet doppelganger Vinni Pukh deserves some love too
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Monday, Feb 21, 2011 12:38 PM UTC
Former Soviet leader also says Russian government only has imitations of parliamentary and judicial systems
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Friday, Feb 4, 2011 1:30 AM UTC
Pick of the week: "The Shining" meets "Shutter Island" in the subtle, spectacular "How I Ended This Summer"
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Wednesday, Jan 12, 2011 1:32 AM UTC
An electrifying new restoration reveals Eisenstein's Soviet-era classic as pioneering action cinema
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Friday, Nov 12, 2010 7:30 PM UTC
A hilarious Estonian documentary (yes, really!) asks whether disco and "Dallas" defeated Communism
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Thursday, Aug 26, 2010 4:45 PM UTC
After hewing to military orthodoxy for years, my real education began in the shadow of the Brandenberg Gate
