Blake DowlingJune 8, 2024
9min0
This is our chance to put democracy into action and it is a privilege.
Tag: Cold War
Blake DowlingJune 8, 2024
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 10, 2022
3min0
'I think the world's going to look very different in 60 days.'
Florida PhoenixSeptember 26, 2021
19min2032
I’m sure the poor, sensitive developers will whine about this, too.
Scott PowersApril 14, 2021
6min3910
'They are certainly in one with us,' Waltz said.
Martin DyckmanDecember 15, 2016
9min335
Early in the Cold War, Hollywood was targeted by politicians and flag-waving pundits who accused Communists in the motion picture media of trying to subvert the United States with pro-Soviet propaganda. Hundreds of people were blacklisted and 10, including the Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, went to prison for refusing to testify before the House Un-American […]
Associated PressNovember 26, 2016
13min283
Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule of Cuba, has died at age 90. With a shaking voice, President Raul Castro said on state television that his older brother died at 10:29 p.m. Friday. He ended […]
Blake DowlingJune 27, 2016
8min1653
I visited Russia for the first time this summer. Growing up a Cold War kid, the prospect of visiting the Motherland was a little freaky — and the constant visibility of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea had me sleeping with one eye open. Once I overcame these minor fears, the country was truly […]
Associated PressJune 13, 2016
7min626
Six airlines won permission Friday to resume scheduled commercial air service from the U.S. to Cuba for the first time in more than five decades, another milestone in President Barack Obama‘s campaign to normalize relations between Cold War foes. The airlines — American, Frontier, JetBlue, Silver Airways, Southwest and Sun Country — were approved by […]
Guest AuthorOctober 12, 2015
6min221
Mrs. Albina had just finished her math lecture. I was sitting two seats from the back, third row from the door to freedom. Fourth grade was no place to spend time doing easy math drills. After all, it was October and the weather in Carol City, a relatively new suburb in north Dade County, Florida, […]
Guest AuthorOctober 11, 20156min226
Mrs. Albina had just finished her math lecture. I was sitting two seats from the back, third row from the door to freedom. Fourth grade was no place to spend time doing easy math drills. After all, it was October and the weather in Carol City, a relatively new suburb in north Dade County, Florida, […]